"deiva cheyal" was produced by sandow m. m. a. chinnappa thevar under dhandayuthapani films, and directed by m. g. balu. thevar also wrote the story, while ayyapillai wrote the dialogue. major sundarrajan, r. muthuraman and bharathi vishnuvardhan starred. all the animals in the film had been trained to respond to commands in hindi; since sundarrajan could speak the language, this worked to his advantage. animals used included elephants, lions and rhinoceros. the film's animal trainer told sundarrajan that the lion would stay calm if he kept scratching its mane, when he sat astride it, and sundarrajan did accordingly. the music was composed by diwakar, and the final cut measured .