rag edy ▁written ▁by ▁The odore ▁Dre iser . ▁The ▁novel ▁was ▁inspired ▁by ▁the ▁G illet te ▁murder ▁case ▁that ▁shook ▁America ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁The ▁original ▁film , ▁ ▁featuring ▁Elizabeth ▁Taylor , ▁Mont gom ery ▁Cl ift , ▁and ▁Sh elle y ▁Winter s , ▁was ▁a ▁major ▁success ▁in ▁India . ▁S . ▁Bal ach ander ▁was ▁much ▁im pressed ▁with ▁the ▁film ▁and ▁tried ▁to ▁re make ▁the ▁film ▁in ▁T amil , ▁thus ▁making ▁his ▁production ▁debut . ▁He ▁named ▁his ▁company ▁S . ▁B . ▁Cre ations , ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁the ▁word ▁" Cre ations " ▁was ▁used ▁in ▁a ▁south ▁Indian ▁film ▁for ▁a ▁film ▁production ▁company . ▁ ▁Sound track ▁The ▁sound track ▁features ▁ 5 ▁songs ▁composed ▁by ▁S . ▁Bal ach ander . ▁L yr ics ▁by ▁Vid h van ▁Ve . ▁Lak sh man an . ▁Play back ▁sing ers ▁are ▁P . ▁S use ela , ▁Rad ha ▁Jay al ak sh mi , ▁L . ▁R . ▁E sw ari , ▁R enu ka , ▁Se eth a , ▁Kam ala ▁& ▁P att om ▁Sad an . ▁The ▁B GM ▁of ▁the ▁movie ▁has ▁a ▁few ▁piano ▁pieces ▁which ▁were ▁played ▁by ▁Hand el ▁Manuel . ▁ ▁Release ▁Before ▁the ▁making ▁of ▁the ▁film , ▁it ▁was ▁reported ▁that ▁Bal ach and ar ▁sent ▁blank ▁che ques ▁to ▁the ▁cast ▁and ▁crew . ▁The ▁film ▁failed ▁to ▁make