This film may have been inspired by the Telugu film "Thalli Prema" (1968) starring N.T. Rama Rao. The Telugu film was also remade in Tamil as "Kulama Gunama" (1971) and once again in Telugu as "Naa Ille Naa Swargam" (1991). The Hindi film "Swarag Se Sunder" (1986) also appears to be an adaptation of "Thalli Prema" (1968).