 The film marked the beginning of a collaboration between Gopalakrishnan and cinematographer Mankada Ravi Varma . Gopalakrishnan had seen Varma 's work in his second film as a cinematographer , <unk> <unk> ( 1970 ) , and when he decided to work on Swayamvaram , Gopalakrishnan approached Varma with the script . Initially reluctant , Varma agreed to do the film due to its " extensive " and " very well written " script . Incidentally , Varma won his only National Film Award for Best Cinematography , with a career spanned over thirty years , for Swayamvaram . The film featured no songs and has only an original score by M. B. Sreenivasan . The editing of the film was done by <unk> , whereas S. S. Nair and <unk> worked together on the production design . Sound mixing was done by P. Devadas . The total budget of the film was ₹ 250 @,@ 000 ( US $ 3 @,@ 700 ) , where the Film Finance Corporation provided ₹ 150 @,@ 000 as a loan . 
