This film was based on Chunilal Madia's Gujarati short story "Abhu Makarani" (1955).
This film featured actresses Supriya Pathak and Ratna Pathak and their mother Dina Pathak. The film also featured two husband-wife duos - Ratna Pathak and Naseeruddin Shah, and Smita Patil and Raj Babbar.