The film opened with a shot of a bearded Prithviraj Kapoor reciting a line from the Katha Upanishad - "Naitaam sringaam vittamayimavaapto yasyaam majjanti bahavo manushyaaha". The shot ended with a translation of the Sanskrit line in English, Hindi, and Urdu text. The English translation read - "Many people perish on the road on the road that leadeth to wealth". Prithviraj Kapoor was among those who were acknowledged before the opening credits.
This was the model and actress Persis Khambata's first Hindi film in a leading role. She had debuted earlier in the film "Pinjre Ke Panchhi" (1966) in which she was credited as Poonam. Khambata is best known for winning the Miss India title in 1965 and for her role as a bald spaceship navigator in the Hollywood film "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979). She worked in one other Hindi film after this - "Shingora" (1986). This was also the debut film of actor Vimal Ahuja.[1][2]
This was Jalal Agha's first film as an adult. He also wrote the lyrics of a song in it. Jalal Agha had debuted earlier as a child artist in the film "Mughal-E-Azam" (1960).[3]
Sulakshana Pandit made her singing debut in this film.
This film was appreciated for its script. Screenwriter Inder Raj Anand reportedly wrote on the bound script - "I wish I had written the story of it". Filmmaker Shakti Samanta was quoted as saying, "It was a perfect script for a superhot film... had Abbas sahib not directed it.".[4]
This was the debut Hindi film of lyricist Hasan Kamal. He was recommended to filmmaker K.A. Abbas by a common acquaintance. Kamal was a journalist at the Urdu edition of the Blitz magazine, which also used to carry Abbas's famous Last Page column. Kamal got busy with his career as a journalist after this film. His next film as a lyricist, "Silsila" (1981), came more than a decade later.[5][6]
Song
You For Me And I For You - This was the only song for which Jalal Agha wrote lyrics.
