It was originally written for K. R. Ramasamy's Krishnan memorial drama company by Annadurai.

Annadurai went to AVM studios and wrote the entire script and dialogues totalling 300 pages in a single night.

[4][5][6] The music was composed by R. Sudarsanam ("Thunbam Nergaiyil Yaazhedutthu" is based on a composition by Dandapani Desikar).

[2] The film was a box office failure, but was received well by critics and contemporary writers of Annadurai.

[4] Meiyappan theorised that the film failed either due to the modifications made to the original script or the changes the director did to adapt it for the big screen.