The movie is a remake of the Tamil classic Apoorva Raagangal directed by K. Balachander, incidentally called the shots for Hindi version too.
The film was a remake of the 1978 Kannada/Tamil bilingual Thappida Thala directed by K. Balachander.
Poikkal Kudhirai is a 1983 Tamil-language Indian feature film directed by K. Balachander and produced by Kalaivani, starring Viji, debutant Ramakrishna and Raveendran.
Then, was spotted by director K. Balachander who provided him a role in the film Ninaithale Inikkum and later gave him a full fledged role in his movie Varumayin Niram Sivappu.
It is a remake of K. Balachander's 1980 Tamil film Varumayin Niram Sivappu that also starred Kamal Haasan and Sridevi in the lead.
The film was remade in Telugu as Aakali Rajyam (1981) with Kamal Haasan and Sridevi in lead roles directed by K. Balachander.
It is a remake of the Tamil hit Varumayin Niram Sivappu (1980), also directed by K. Balachander with Kamal Haasan and Sridevi in the lead roles.