It is a remake of the Tamil film Puguntha Veedu (1972).

[2] Puttinillu Mettinillu was directed by Pattu, and produced by M. Murugan, M. Kumaran, M. Saravanan and M. Balasubramanian under AVM Productions.

The story was written by A. S. Prakasam, and the dialogue by N. R. Nandi.

Cinematography was handled by S. Maruti Rao, and the editing by R. Vittal.

The art director was A. K. Sekhar, and the dance choreographers were Madurai Ramu and T.