This film was based on the Malayalam short story "Vanmarangal Veezhumpol" ("When Big Trees Fall") written by N.S. Madhavan. Published in 1993, this story was about the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
This was the filmmaking debut of Sashi Kumar, a well-known personality in Malayalam media and the founder of the Asianet TV channel.
Indian cricketer Bishan Singh Bedi's son, Angad Bedi. debuted as an actor in this film.
This film featured two Indian Express journalists, Rahul Bedi and Joseph Maliakan, who had covered the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, playing themselves.[1]