[2] Life goes on happily for the couple, Ravi and Radha, who live with their only daughter, until Father John arrives in the city with a young boy Raju, Ravi's son from an affair with Reetha, before his marriage to Radha.

All lyrics are written by O. N. V. Kurup; all music is composed by IlaiyaraajaThe song "Thumbi Vaa" gained massive popularity on release.

The song was re-used in Balu Mahendra's 1986 Telugu film Nireekshana as "Aakasham Eenatido" and twice in Tamil, first in the 1982 film Auto Raja as "Sangathil Paadatha" and next in Kanne Kalaimaane, the dubbed version of Nireekshana, as "Neerveezhchi Thee Muttuthey".

[5] Sreedhar Pillai wrote for India Today, "As always with Mahendra's films the photography is superb.

It captures the lush green of Ooty and the urban landscape of Bangalore with equal ease.