[1] K. J. Yesudas and Master Raju won the National Film Awards 1976 for Best Male Playback Singer and Best Child Artist respectively.

The film was remade in Telugu as Ammayi Manasu , in Malayalam as Minda Poochakku Kalyanam and in Tamil as Ullam Kavarntha Kalvan.

A bungalow in Panchgani was the setting on Zarina Wahab's home, where many keys scenes, including the songs, like Gori tera gaon bada pyaara were shot.

[3][4] The track "Gori Tera Gaon" has been composed in Raag Dhani (known as Shuddha Dhanyasi in Carnatic Music), which earned K J Yesudas the award for the Best Male Playback Singer in 1976.

All lyrics are written by Ravindra Jain; all music is composed by Ravindra JainThe film became a box office hit[5] The 2003 Hindi movie Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon starring Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan had a similar storyline.

Another uncredited remake was Minda Poochakku Kalyanam which released in 1990 in Malayalam starring Suresh Gopi, Lizi Priyadarshan and Mukesh.

The movie was unofficially adapted in Telugu as Ammayi Manasu which starred Jayasudha, Chandra Mohan, Kanta Rao.