The film stars Pandiarajan and Rajashree, with Manorama, Radha Ravi, Vennira Aadai Moorthy, Senthil, Vadivelu and Y. G. Mahendra playing supporting roles.

It is a remake of the Malayalam film Ninnistham Ennishtam which itself was inspired by Charlie Chaplin's City Lights.

He decides to pay for her surgery to repair Shalini's eyes : he worked day and night and sold his mother's gold pendant.

[4] D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote "A team of comedians keep the fun sometimes with `sickly' jokes, right through Anu Pictures' Neela Kuyil, a small budget movie set to catch the eye of the ordinary viewers of the mofussil.

Priyadarshan's story and screenplay are not powerful enough to make director Ashraf draw something more from the artistes, Vadivelu and Senthil, both working in tandem as cheats and tricksters, cornering most frames.