at the success party of the film producer GP Sippy told his son director Ramesh Sippy that they should make an action film with Dharmendra and Hema Malini and ultimately the first root of classic Sholay. was developed as they both were paired opposite each other in Sippy's next film Sholay.
The film was remade in Tamil as Vani Rani (1974) and in Telugu as Ganga Manga (1973), both starring Vanisri
Hema Malini's co stars Sanjeev Kumar and Dharmendra were both her admirers those days.
Chachu's daughter Sheila, is played by Honey Irani. Honey is the mother of Actor/Singer/Director Farhan Akhtar and Director Zoya Akhtar, and is also the ex-wife of famous Lyricist/Writer Javed Akhtar.
Dialogues between Hema and Sanjeev as she teaches Sanjeev how to roller skate,was used in the song "Concrete Gang" by Billy Bushkiller from the album " Brown Dal".