Based on the folk tale of Valli, the film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Padmini, supported by T. R. Mahalingam, E. R. Sahadevan, C. K. Saraswathi and J. P. Chandrababu.

Goddess Valli had her heart and soul dedicated to Lord Subramanya and would always pray with fervent devotion and love, to be with Him.

The Lord was moved by the highest form of love expressed by the mountain princess, and so He planned to appease Her in person by creating the perfect situation after the enactment of His Lila.

Lord Murugan saw this as an opportunity to meet the Goddess, and therefore He assumed the form of a handsome tribal hunter and appeared before her as if he had lost his way on chasing a deer during hunting.

After the chief and his followers left the place, God changed back into the hunter form and proposed his love to Valli.

Goddess Valli was disheartened to see the lifeless bodies of her kith and kin and requested the Lord to bring them back to life.

After the success of Amara Deepam (1956), director T. Prakash Rao and co-writer C. V. Sridhar wanted their next film to be on a grander scale.

Rao decided on the folk tale of Valli, and he and Sridhar approached Sivaji Ganesan to star.

Ganesan refused, saying another producer was adapting the story (as Sri Valli) and paid him an advance to star in it.