Akkineni Kutumba Rao was born in 1946. He has published six novels and 30 short stories. Many of these have literary awards. He has directed many films for television and had dubbed Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' into Telugu. His first film 'Bhadram Koduko' won two Natioanl Awards and two State Awards for Best Film and Best Child Artist. 'Thodu' has also won State Awards.

The strongest myth about women is that they are weak, dependent and incapable of living alone. The loss of a husband is feared. Yet it is a woman's labor that sustains the home. The man is dependent on the woman for every small thing. A woman with a means of livelihood suffers far less from widowhood than a man who loses his wife. She finds that her life no longer revolves around another. She begins to live for herself. If she has a zest for life, she can redefine her life and live life more fully. To ask such a woman to marry again is to prompt her to ask what marriage really means. What is the meaning of companionship? For a man? For a woman? Is there any space for companionship in marital relationship? If economic freedom can make a woman independent - can doing household work make a man independent? Until then is he not dependent on the work and labor of his wife? In searching for answers to the above questions, the director has tried to explore the possibility of developing a true friendship and companionship between two independent persons.