About the film:
The film was dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi who was against untouchability all his life. The film has some very touching and beautiful scenes and moments. For example, Annapurna accepts Santhi as her daughter but is unable to digest when her husband Lakshmipati feeds Santhi from his plate. She tries to hide her emotions with her face bent down as if reading a book.

Though the film was based on real-life incidents, some characters and a couple of scenes were inspired by Bimal Roy's classic Sujatha (1959) in which Nutan won a Filmfare award for portraying the title role as an untouchable girl. The role of Geeta (Geethanjali) is entirely inspired from Sujatha too, where Sashikala played the positive role. Geeta accepts Santhi as her sister and never shows any difference and stands for her all the time, portraying the real bonding between siblings.

This film marks the 100th film for music genius S. Rajeswara Rao. The film has super hit songs like sannajaaji sogasundi..., E talli paaDEnu jOla..., mundarunna chinnadaani andamEmO..., etc.. The film itself was a decent hit too, and celebrated 100 days in five centers. It went on to win two Nandi Awards that year for the Best Film and Best Story categories.