The film is a remake of Tamil super hit film "Aval Oru Thodar Kathai" (1974), also directed by K. Balachander. It was also shot on black & white film. Jaya Prada played the role of Sujata , Rajinikanth did the role of Jai Ganesh, Kamal Haasan played the role of Narayana Rao. The same tunes were used in both languages. Sripriya, Phataphat Jayalaxmi and the rest of the cast are the same in both versions. The Tamil film was later was dubbed into Malayalam as "Aval Oru Thudarkatha" (1975).