The film is also noted for its soundtrack, which won two awards at the 32nd National Film Awards, including Best Music Direction for Jaidev and Best Male Playback Singer for noted classical singer Pt.
Asha Bhosle also sang a couple of song, "Kauno Thagwa Nagariya" & "Mujhe Bhi Radha Bana De Nandlal".
Director Amol Palekar's next film in the dual role of actor-director was Samaantar (2009).
[2] Well known Indian astrologer Jyotibhaskar Pandit Satyanarayan Chaturvedi wishes good luck to a doctor, who is about to perform surgery on a woman, but also tells him that the patient will not survive.
It is at this stage that the father tells his son that he is destined to marry twice in his lifetime, with his first wife dying within eleven months of their marriage, after which he will remarry.