This was Shashi Kapoor's first film as an adult actor.
Ismail Merchant met Shashi Kapoor during the making of the film. He came to him with a script and kept insisting that Shashi do the film . The film Devgadh never got made. But Ismail and Shashi formed a life long friendship.
Prior to the release of the film, AVM productions had signed Shashi Kapoor for Man-Mauji. When Dharamputra flopped,they demanded he return the rs.5000 signing amount. He was then replaced with Kishore Kumar.
Debut of Deven Verma.
Chopra brothers B.R Chopra and Yash Chopra met Deven Verma and were so inspired by him that they signed him for the film.
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