One of nine movies that Shashi Kapoor made with Merchant Ivory Productions. The others being Bombay Talkie (1970), Side Streets (1998), In Custody (1994), Heat and Dust (1983), The Householder (1963), Shakespeare-Wallah (1965), In Ismail's Custody (1994), and The Wandering Company (1985).
Second and final (to date, March 2015) of two filmed adaptations of a John Masters novel. The first being Bhowani Junction (1956).
The closing credits declare that the movie was "filmed entirely on-location in India".
Real-life father and daughter, Keith Michell and Helena Michell, play father and daughter Colonel Wilson and Sarah Wilson, respectively.
The film was released thirty-six years after its source novel had been published.