Jayabheri Wall poster

Though Athreya gaaru worked for the film, he only provided the dialogues; he did an excellent job on it.

Jayabheri is made as a bilingual film in Tamil (as Kalaivannan) and Telugu simultaneously. Though the lead actors were same in both the languages, comedians in Tamil were replaced with Sarangapani, Thangavelu, and Sahasranamam. Thus, it took longer time to complete. While the Telugu version had no problem releasing (with Katragadda Srinivasa Rao of Navayuga backing the film even in production stage), the Tamil version  had troubles finding a good distributor. M.G. Ramachandran, who likes T.V.S. Sastry, helped him in getting the film released in Tamil, and even suggested the Tamil title for the film. The film didn't run so well in Tamil, compared to the Telugu version.

Akkineni Nageswara Rao speaks about Jayabheri...
I knew Pratibha Sastry gaaru from my initial days. Thus, So when he approached me for the film, I readily agreed. Another reason to accept the film was its director, Pullayya gaaru. I did many memorable films with him such as Ardhaangi before then. Shantamma gaaru (Shantakumari gaaru, actress and wife of P. Pullayya) is ammi to me. She has a very important role along with the hero, as the hero's sister-in-law. Be it the role of protagonist's brother portrayed by Gummadi gaaru or the protagonist's guru Nagayya gaaru, or even the little yet crucial role played by S.V.R gaaru... every character in the film has adequate prominence!

I practiced the songs many times before the shooting, to give the right lip movement, for the song rasika raaja, tagu vaaramu kaamaa!... and even madi SaaradaadEvi mandiramE.... I had to ensure that I give the right expressions while maintaining the rhythm and tempo. The musicians on both the scenes were actually professionals and thus they didn't need much practice, but my music sense is limited and I needed to work a lot with Pendyala gaaru and Ghantasala Master to get it all right! My efforts paid off at last! The songs were all time hits, and the film won the President's medal for that year. The film was a commercial success too, but it won more critical acclaim than most commercial successes could ever imagine, as the story goes around social elements prevalent then.