"anbu" was produced and directed by m. natesan under his company natesh art pictures. the story was written by him, and the dialogues by vindhan. cinematography was handled by g. vittal rao, editing by s. a. murugesan, and the choreography by p. s. gopalakrishnan, k. n. dandayudhapani pillai and b. heeralal. shooting took place at newtone and citadel studios.