Velugu Needalu was simultaneously filmed in Tamil as Thooya Ullam, with K. A. Thangavelu replacing Relangi.[1][2] Thooya Ullam is the first film that was screened in Shanti Theatre, Chennai. While C. V. Sridhar wrote the dialogues for the film, K. S. Gopalakrishnan who later became a popular director, taught the cast to render the dialogues.[3]