The film relies on the play Saahukaara written by B. P. Dhuttharagi.
The movie was a musical blockbuster with all of the tracks composed by G. Okay. Venkatesh thought-about evergreen hits. Rajkumar grew to become widespread as a playback singer with the observe Yaare Koogadali from the movie which grew to become an immediate hit among the many audiences. He would then go on to sing recurrently for his movies.
The movie was remade in Telugu in 1975 as Thota Ramudu starring Chalam, in Tamil in 1975 as Pudhu Vellam starring Sivakumar and in Malayalam in 1976 as Themmadi Velappan starring Prem Nazir.