When Shakti Samanta decided to make the film Amanush in both Bengali and Hindi, Rajesh Khanna expressed to Samanta his willingness to play the lead in Hindi. But Khanna being too busy asked Samanta to delay the shooting by a few months for the Hindi version, but Samanta thought he could make both versions easily if Uttam Kumar himself starred in the Hindi version too. Rajesh Khanna was very disappointed on having lost this role just because of date issues.
During its release at Mumbai's Barkha cinema the screen had caught fire during one of the shows.
Final film at Mumbai's Broadway theatre in Dadar east.
Shatrughan Sinha was approached for the lead role, but could not do it.
Ravi B song "Dil Aisa" is a cover version of "Dil Aisa Mera Toda".