[1] The film was remade in Telugu as Manchi Rojulu Vachayi (1972), in Malayalam as Randu Lokam (1977), in Kannada as Siritanakke Savaal (1978) and in Hindi as Charnon Ki Saugandh (1988).

Jayalalitha comes from a rich land lord family and visits her village from college where her parents reside.

Sivaji wins and jayalalitha is forced into an unhappy marriage with a poor tenant farmer.

Although it is about class struggle, the portrayal that women do not have the agency to decide their fate is very sad to behold.

That is still the fate of women in India and many other parts of the world, although things have become much better after 50 years since this movie was shot.