The film was a box office disaster.
The film was launched with much fanfare in 1980 as Mithun had several hits with director Ravikant. This was also one of Shakti Kapoor's first positive roles and he felt he deserved equal billing with Mithun as he was being launched as a hero in Zakhmee Insaan. The film was basically complete in late 1982 but ran into financial issues and was delayed to 1984, it flopped upon release.
The song O Jani Dekho To from Tarkeeb (1984) was sampled from Michael Zager Band's song Lets All Chant. The same song was sampled for the song Whole Day Whole Night from the film Yodha (1991).
This film was a remake of the hit Telugu film "Driver Ramudu" (1979) starring N.T. Rama Rao.