Amudha

The film began production in 1969, and was almost completed but halted due to the producer M. A. Rahman’s financial troubles. A few years later, when production resumed, lead actor Ravichandran’s market was declining and Vijayakumari was by now only playing character roles. Whereas Muthuraman’s role was originally secondary, it was decided to shift the focus to him, and Rajasree market had declined. Rahman met for help, who called the film’s music composer . Viswanathan composed a tune and asked the film’s lyricist to write lyrics. Kannadasan did so, and the song was “Anbe Amudha”. Both men did not accept payment for the song’s composition and writing. The song became immensely popular, and was frequently played on . Because of this, Rahman decided to release the film. It became a major success mainly due to the success of that song, and paid off Rahman’s debts. The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.