Amitabh and Amjad Khan acted in 5 films which released in 1981 Yaarana, Laawaris, Naseeb, Kaalia and this film.
Jurmana, and Bemisaal were the two Hrishikesh Mukherjee movies that starred the popular Amitabh-Raakhee pair. This was the only Shakti Samanta movie with Amitabh and had Rakhi as lead actress.Shakti Samanta's other movie with Amitabh was The great Gambler, which had Zeenat Aman and Neetu singh as his heroins.
The mahurat was held on November 19,1977.
Moushumi Chatterjee heard the story from Shakti Samanta and agreed. She had also committed her dates for the film. The next thing she knew Rakhee Gulzar's name was announced in the trade papers. She never knew why she was dropped from the film. One story doing the rounds was that Jaya Bachchan did not want Amitabh to work with her. Moushumi denied this story but also stated she has no idea why Amitabh was not signing any films with her.
"Overdone" song by Bombay Bicycle Club sampled the song "Apne Pyar Ke Sapne".