It was a major commercial success, grossing ₹4 crore at the box office against a budget of ₹12 lakh.

The success of Kinnarathumbigal would go on to pioneer a new wave of low-budget Malayalam softcore porn films in Kerala.

The setting of the story is a cold hilly village in Kerala, rich with tea plantation.

Gopu is a boy who stays with his aunt Janaki, who is a tea plantation worker and her daughter, Devu.

The film features one song titled "Kinnaarathumbikal" composed by Mano Bhaskar, written by Sreekumaran Thampi and sung by K. S. Chithra.

Its success triggered a series of similar low budget softporn films being produced in Malayalam cinema.