Even though the film ran for 404 days at Sreekumar theatre in Thiruvanthapuram, it was screened with regular shows only for 97 days and for the rest of the 307 days, it played only as noon show.
Godfather was the first film of N.N. Pillai, who scripted various path breaking theatre dramas. He mostly portrayed rough and tough roles in plays, which prompted the directors to cast him in such a role in this film.