Laila Majnu

is based on the Arabic tale of . The film was produced and directed by F. Nagoor under the banner Balaji Pictures and was funded by . Vallikkannan wrote the dialogues. Cinematography was by Jitten Bannerji and the operative cameraman was P. S. Selvaraj. V. B. Nataraja Mudaliar did the editing. Art direction was also done by F. Nagoor. Choreography was by Hiralal, Ganesh and Joshi. The film was shot at Newtone studios and the stills were taken by R. N. Nagaraja Rao and Gnanam. Although the film was primarily in black and white, it contained a few sequences in colour. Music was composed by , while the lyrics were penned by Lakshmanadas and . was released on 1 March 1950, and did not do well at the box office.