It is a musical hit film promoting liberal ideals.

Lyrics for the songs were written by revolutionary poet Srirangam Srinivasa Rao, Adrushta Deepak, and music scored by K. Chakravarthy.

The movie is most famous for the song "Maanavatvam Parimalinche", which got the lyricist Adrushta Deepak noticed.

The film was remade in Kannada as Indina Bharatha, Hindi as Haqeeqat (1985) and in Tamil as Puthiya Theerpu (1985).

[citation needed] The film won six Nandi Awards.