The story was written by Chetan Anand and Hameed Butt, and was based on an actual event in Amritsar.

[1] The music of the film was composed by the classical musician Ali Akbar Khan, with lyrics by Narendra Sharma.

[2] The background score of the film was also done by Ali Akbar Khan along with other Hindustani classical musicians, including Pandit Ravi Shankar and Pannalal Ghosh.

[3][4] Lata Mangeshkar sang the title song "Har Kahin Pe Shaadmani", and as a token of her respect to sarod maestro, did not charge any fee.

[5] Ram Mohan (Dev Anand), an honest lawyer, is in love with Janki (Kalpana Kartik), the beautiful daughter of Lala Dindayal (M. A. Latif).