The film was based on novel Eriyum Panikadu, Tamil translation of English novel Red Tea by Paul Harris Daniel and inspired from real life incidents that took place before independence in the 1930s.
Film tersebut berdasarkan pada novel Eriyum Panikadu, terjemahan Tamil dari novel Inggris Red Tea karya Paul Harris Daniel dan terinspirasi dari kisah nyata yang terjadi sebelum kemerdekaan pada 1930an.