The story is about Kishore who is a good-hearted person and always helps poor people even though he is from a rich Zamindar (property owner) family.

The song "Eena Meena Deeka", sung by Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle in two different versions, became very popular.

[4] The children were chanting "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe", which inspired C. Ramchandra and his assistant John Gomes to create the first line of the song, "Eena Meena Deeka, De Dai Damanika".

[5] Eastern Eye magazine declared Kishore Kumar's version of "Eena Meena Deeka" as one of his top 10 best songs.

[6] An advertising campaign by the JWT agency of London for the UK bank HSBC in October 2008 used the "Eena Meena Deeka" song from the film as background music.