The film directed by Narendra Suri in hindi language under the Rup Kamal Chitra company.

The film was banned 10 days after its release because it was a plagiarized version of American film Knock on Wood (1954, starring Danny Kaye, Mai Zetterling).

Paramount Pictures, producers of Knock on the Wood filed a copyright lawsuit in India.

They won the case and the judge of Bombay High Court ordered all prints of Begunah to be destroyed.

[1][2] However, in 2020, National Film Archive of India found two 16mm reels consisting of around 60 to 70 minutes footage.