As per the legend, Jahangir revolted against his father Akbar over his love for a common girl called Anarkali.

The very foundations of Akbar's palace will be shaken to the roots, and his manner of meting out justice will be put to the extreme test, when he finds out that Salim is in love with Anarkali and wants to marry her.

Then the composer C. Ramchandra took over the project, and insisted not only that all of the female songs be sung by Lata Mangeshkar, but that the Geeta Dutt number also be removed from the film.

Although the Filmistan group agreed, the Geeta Dutt song stayed in the movie, the famous Aa Jaan-E-Wafa.

The film song lyrics are written by Jan Nissar Akhtar, Shailendra, Rajendra Krishan, Hasrat Jaipuri.