Filmaker Chetan Anand, made an appereance twice in this film, in the begining scenes of the film at Simla railway station. Chetan Anand dint attend the premier of Kudrat as he was upset with the producer.
Tuney yeh rangeele kaisa jadoo kiya" (Kudrat) sampled from Bengali song "Haay ki kori mano niya".
The second movie where Rajesh Khanna and Hema Malini played 'reincarnated' lovers. Mehbooba released in 1976 was the first.
The film started in April 1979 and was getting delayed for several reasons. Actor ego's, Priya Rajvansh working caliber, dates going haywire. By December 1980 the film was mid ready. Thats when Chetan Anand did something unexpected. He drew up a contract and wanted B.S. Khanna to sign it. Khanna felt helpless at this point. If he did not sign the contract the film would have been left incomplete. The first clause was the film would be advertised as a Chetan Anand film The second clause was Chetan Anand would have the final say in everything. Right up to the film going to the censor board. Chetan then added the clause his fees would be paid in full and up front. Khanna stated he acted under duress. Khanna sought advise from the Producer's Association (IMPPA) and signed the agreement.
Priya Rajvansh stated " I strongly believe in reincarnation and karma. And it was on these beliefs, that I based my movie Kudrat. I wrote the script of the film, but let Chetan be credited. During the making of Kudrat, we went thru hell because of Rajesh Khanna. He lambasted me in print and took Chetan Anand to court. He took the film's reels behind Chetan's back and edited the film himself. Rajesh was insecure with a giant size ego. The movie had a court room scene, which according to script, I had to dominate . After seeing the rushes, the producer who was a friend of Rajesh Khanna, came to me and said , Ask me for what ever you want and you will get it. Your court scene is superb. Rajesh heard this and had a sneak preview at his residence Ashirwad. Next the producer, comes to Chetan Anand and says we have to delete some of my scenes. I was speechless. One time he says the scene was the highlight of the movie,, next he asks us to delete it. Chetan Anand flatly refused. Then Rajesh started giving interviews saying Chetan ruined the movie by giving Priya the major scene in the climax. Not satisfied with that, Rajesh Khanna would get drunk and make threatening calls to Chetans house. Khanna would tell Chetan he was going to kill him and me. Then start abusing him in the filthiest language. To think Chetan introduced him in Akhri Khat ... He then took us to court where they won on a technical point. I was sitting outside the court in my car and these guys started screaming and dancing. Not only my scene's even Vinod Khanna scenes were deleted. His photo's was removed from most of the publicity like LP records, posters. This was after Qurbani and Vinod Khanna was a major star. But Rajesh wanted Kudrat to only be his show. He could not stand Vinod and his new stardom.