[1] It stars Mohanlal, Manju Warrier and Lal while K. P. A. C. Lalitha and Siddique appear in guest roles.

[4] A thug-turned-cab driver, Vishwanathan (Mohanlal), lives in Mumbai next to his friend Johnny (Lal), a pimp who sells unassuming women as prostitutes to a brothel.

When Vishwam checks the dead man's belongings, he discovers stolen jewellery and letters from his sister Bhanu (Manju Warrier) revealing that his name is Damodaran and his family has debts in the village and are going to lose their belongings.

Vishwam arrives in Damu's village, visiting his house bringing gifts to the family.

They both begin to work in the quarry and settling in the village in hopes of breaking the cycle of crime.

He waylays her the next day pretending to tell her and grabs her hands, putting a kiss on her lips following which they become lovers.

When Johnny arrives with clothes for Suma, he is told by the family that Damu's consent is needed.

After Johnny is discharged, he apologises to Damu's family and intends to leave, only for Vishwam to stop him and telling him he has to stay, resuming their friendship.

Lal, was in his early career and had difficulty playing his character and decided to abandon the role.

Palakkad in Kerala was the main location, while some scenes were shot in Madras (now Chennai) in Tamil Nadu and Bombay (now Mumbai) in Maharashtra.

They borrowed apple boxes from Merryland Studio in Thiruvananthapuram, originally used by Berta for the film Vanaprastham.

Bhanu's house in the film is situated on the top of a giant rock, her workplace – a forge set was created beside it.

Due to time constraints they selected a greener area inside the dried out Malampuzha reservoir.

The outdoor scenes including Mohanlal, Siddique, and Lal were shot in Bombay.

A set was created in Madras for the scene where the Bombay police assault Viswanathan inside the lock-up.

They were denied permission at the planned site and switched to another location by evening where they filmed until sunrise.

Babu remembers that "many of the crew were not happy with the song "Manjakkiliyude" when it was first heard at the location from a recorded track sung by Raveendran.

[6] It completed 100 days in two releasing theatres—Sangeetha (Ernakulam) and Sreekumar (Thiruvananthapuram), and had a three-week run in Bangalore.