T. Prakash Rao was replaced as the director because of differences in opinion regarding shooting of a song .
Kalathur Kannamma was the debut film of Kamal Haasan.
Kalathur Kannamma was dubbed in Telugu language as Mavoori Ammayi, which was released on 20 October 1960.
The film ran for 102 days at the Chennai Plaza Theater, 105 days at the Maharani, 105 days at the Rakshi, 112 days at the Wellington Theater in Trichy, 100 days at the Royal Theater in Tirunelveli and 101 days at the Winsor Theater in yalpanam SriLanka.