The Marathi filmmaker Keshav Rao Dhaibar planned to produce and direct a Marathi film based on the life of Lord Krishna with A. V. Meiyappan and Jayanthilal Thakore agreeing to produce the Tamil version.

T. R. Mahalingam, who was then a stage actor made his acting debut with this film at the age of 14 portraying the character of Lord Krishna.

[3] T. R. Ramachandran, who went to become a famous comedian and music composer S. V. Venkataraman started their career with this film.

[2] Dhaibar and Meiyappan were disappointed with a song sung by the actress who portrayed Devaki's mother hence they both came up with an innovative idea to replace the soundtrack with another voice.

[3] Meiyappan took the Club House in Mount Road on lease and shot scenes with erecting the sets.