The cast included Saeed Jaffrey, Suresh Oberoi, Dilip Dhawan, Anupam Kher, Bharat Bhushan and Raj Bisaria.
Initially, the villagers trust him, but after continuous persuasions from the young man and realising that only self-sufficiency can improve their condition, they unite and set up their own mill.
[8] The then chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Vishwanath Pratap Singh asked Muzaffar Ali to make a film for promoting the sugarcane co-operative societies in the state.
In an article published in 2012, Business Standard noted that "To [Muzaffar] Ali goes the credit of portraying Awadh truthfully on cinema; the only other claimant being Satyajit Ray in Shatranj Ke Khiladi".
Mitra criticised the promotional nature of the film by saying that the state owned co-operative societies have dominated the market, but praised Saeed Jaffrey's acting.