Nana Patekar accidentally got stabbed by the child actor. The actor did not understand the director's instructions properly.
Irrfan Khan made an appearance in this film as a writer, one of his first appearances.
Most of the young actors who appeared in the film were actual street children. They received dramatic training at a special workshop in Bombay before they appeared in the film.
Bollywood 2nd movie nominated for Oscar after Mother India (1957).
The film was previously titled "Chal Bombay Chal".