[3] The cinematographer was V. Avdhoot and the film starred Nimmi, Bharat Bhushan, Anita Guha, Chandrashekhar, Achala Sachdev, Manmohan Krishna, Prem Adib and Ram Mohan.

[4] Vinod Mehra, who started his career as a child actor in Ragini (1958), played the role of the young Bharat Bhushan.

Also studying at the Gurukul is Maruti (Chandrashekhar), the Prime Minister's son, who is to marry the king's daughter, and his two friends, Dhanpal (Ram Mohan) and Krishan (Kesari).

Several years pass and the Acharya is informed that the princess Maya Devi (Nimmi) will be hunting in the nearby forest.

Seeing the chaos, Ahinsak confronts the tiger and fights it bare-handed initially, and then finally kills it with a spear.

The Acharya is angry with Ahinsak for having broken one of the rules of the Gurukul by spending the night out and refuses to listen to his explanation.

Maruti further instigates the Acharya by telling him that his wife, Guru Mata, has shown extra interest in Ahinsak and everyone in the Gurukul is talking about it.

After involving him in a further fight, the three friends are happy to see that the Acharya has believed them and is now taunting Ahinsak about the predictions in his birth chart.

He vents out his anger on Ahinsak and asks him to leave the Gurukul taunting him yet again and telling him to go kill the thousands as written in his destiny.

Bharat Bhushan was praised for his "deep understanding and sincerity" in assaying the three dimensions of his role, a scholar, killer and monk.

According to the reviewer the dialogue, art direction and photography helped to make Angulimaal a "memorable film"[7] The music was composed by Anil Biswas with lyrics written by Bharat Vyas.

The playback singing was provided by Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey, Asha Bhosle, Meena Kapoor, Aarti Mukherji.