 This was Allu Arjun's first film as an actor and K. Raghavendra Rao's 100th film as director.Allu Aravind and C. Ashwini Dutt, both who are big-time producers, produced the film.The film was later dubbed into Malayalam and Hindi under the name "Simhakutty" (2003) and "Gangotri" (2014 by Goldmines Telefilms) respectively.