Primeiro filme de Raj Kapoor.
Valmiki was one ot the eleven movies announced with M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar as the lead before his arrest in the Lakshmikanthan Murder Case. Sundar Rao Nadkarni commenced shooting in 1944 with M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, but following his arrest, all the scenes had to be re-shot with C. Honnappa Bhagavathar whom Nadkarni cast in his stead.