Most of the Kalanilayam plays were written by ace playwright Jagathy N. K. Achary, father of famous film comedian Jagathy Sreekumar.
The name Pachalam became quite famous after the humorous character named "Pachalam Bhasi" played by the actor Jagathy Sreekumar in the Malayalam movie Udayanannu Thaaram starring Mohanlal
Banda Paramasivam is a Tamil film released in 2003.The movie is remade from the 1998 Malayalam Movie Mattupetti Machan starring Mukesh, Baiju,Jagathy Sreekumar and Oduvil Unnikrishnan which was a remake of the Tamil film Chinna Mapillai.