The highest grossing film and biggest hit of 1968.
First hindi film to be shot Beirut, Israel.
The movie was a blockbuster and won Ramanand Sagaar his only Filmfare award for Best director in 1969.
This was the first time Filmaker Ramanand Sagar shot his film abroad, the other film which he shot abroad was Charas again with Dharmendra.
Rajkumar was offered the lead after listening to the script.He called his dog and asked will you do the film when his didn't respond anything.Rajkumar told Ramanand Sagar my dog also doesn't want to do your film so how will I.