[1] The film stars Muthuraman and Sujatha, with Thengai Srinivasan, Vijayakumar and Fatafat Jayalaxmi in supporting roles.

It revolves around a woman who must try to keep a one-night stand that she had in college a secret from her husband, and thwart a persistent blackmailer's intent on collecting money from her to keep quiet about it.

Kalpana, a college girl, has a one-night stand with Balu and becomes pregnant, but is saved by her hostel roommate Revathi and a lady doctor.

[3] C. R. W. David, in the book Cinema as Medium of Communication in Tamil Nadu, compared Mayangukiral Oru Maadhu to Avalum Penn Thaane (1974) because in both films, the lead female has "fallen" in her past.

[11] Mayangukiral Oru Maadhu was remade in Kannada as Baalu Jenu (1976),[12] in Telugu as Yavvanam Katesindi (1976),[13] and in Hindi as Bezubaan (1982).