Rekha was the first choice for the role of Nimki, which was played eventually by Sharmila Tagore. Waheeda Rehman was allegedly not very happy with this change, since she now had to play mother to one of her contemporaries.
Deepti Naval was replaced by Kiran Vairale.
Ajit Banerjee won the Best Art Director that year for this film '
This film was based on the Bengali short story "Akal Basant" by Samaresh Basu.
Raah Pe Rahte Hain..The second line of the mukhda of this song - "Khush raho ahl-e-watan hum to safar karte hain" - was taken from a sher by Wajid Ali Shah, the nawab of Awadh from 1847 to 1856.