A vacant land (present day campus of Dr. MGR Janaki College of Arts and Science for Women) in Adyar was chosen for filming.

Whenever the cloud cover broke, cast and crew rushed to resume filming abandoning their food packets.

Subramanyam hired an Anglo Indian named Joe to fire his rifle in the air and shoo away the crows.

[1] Pavalakkodi tells the eventual turn of events between lord Rama and Karna because of Draupadi and the two with their brothers declare war over each other.

[11] Some of the popular songs from the movie are: Pavalakkodi was a silver jubilee hit and ran for 275 days (9 months).

[10] Pavalakkodi set the stage for M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar's eventful career as the first superstar of Tamil Cinema.