The Director "shyam benegel" collected funds for the movie from local farmers.
Satyajit Ray praised the film mainly due to it's photography and also predicted Shabana Azmi would be one of the most finest actresses in India.Later he casted Shabana also in his only directed Hindi feature "Satranj Ki Khiladi".
The feature film debut of Shyam Benegal that took the art film world by storm.
Waheeda Rehman was offered the film but she declined because she did not want to another art film.
Anju Mahendru was approached for the film but declined it. This was due to her art film Uski Roti not releasing.