ट्रिविया

The maker's felt Amitabh Bachchan's name was too long; hence this was only time he was credited with his first name only.

The first Bollywood movie in which Amitabh Bachchan was the narrator.

It was one of the earliest films to get funded by the National Film Development Corporation of India.

The critical and commercial hit लगान (2001) has some parallels to this film. Both had lead characters named Bhuvan and Gauri, Suhasini Mulay acted in both, Amitabh Bachchan was narrator and both of them are set in Kutch, Rajasthan.