Nalam Nalamariya Aaval is the directorial debut of Jayadevi. She also wrote the screenplay, while the dialogues were written by debutant S. Gajendrakumar. The film was originally titled Anandham Indru Aarambam.
Nalam Nalamariya Aaval was released on 27 April 1984. Jayamanmadhan of Kalki praised the acting of Mohan and Saritha and in regards to Shyam's music, they felt title songsounded like schoolplayersong but praised other songs. The duo praised Gajendrakumar's dialogues in the latter half of the film but panned him for writing dialogues which will be censored and they praised Jayadevi for placing her name at a crucial point but felt certain scenes were shot in amateurish manner and concluded she is better than other directors who have no script and expecting more in her upcoming films.