The first son, a graduate, sees himself smarter than his father and disobeys him, while spending lavishly and living leisurely.

The patriarch eventually reveals that their wealth is safe and that he played this game just to teach them the values of life.

After the success of the Kannada film Dudde Doddappa (1966), its producer-director and male lead B. R. Panthulu of Padmini Pictures decided to remake it in Tamil under the title Namma Veettu Lakshmi.

Panthulu returned to his positions in the remake, as did M. V. Rajamma, the female lead of the original and Bharati, who played the daughter of the couple.

[2][4] Kalki felt the film gave a feel of watching an play and also noted the proceedings are as outdated as the plot while panning the acting of Rajan and Vanishree and called Nagesh's comedy as generic.