Director Selvaraghavan is a man of few words and he rarely speaks about his films before release. But this rare phenomenon has happened, close on the heels of the release of 'Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam' on January 1, 2016. Selva has written the the film while his wife and former associate Geetha Selvaraghavan makes her directorial debut with this flick.

Speaking about 'MNM' in a recent interview Selva revealed that he has tried to portray a women's emotions in his films so far as a male, this film attempts to portray a guy's emotions. He has also said that he has watched the film and he liked it.

'Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam' has been produced by popular editor Kola Bhaskar and his son Balakrishna Kola makes his acting debut, playing the male lead role in this film.