It became a popular film of the Golden era and further established Dilip Kumar as the "King of Tragedy".

[1][2] Many years later, when Deedar was having a rerun at Mumbai theatres, actor Manoj Kumar asked director Raj Khosla to accompany him to the show.

The soundtrack was composed by the legend Naushad, with lyrics by Shakeel Badayuni.

It exploited the talents of singing legends such as Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Shamshad Begum and G. M. Durrani to the utmost.

This was also amongst those few soundtracks in which the career of veteran Mohammed Rafi coincided with that of his idol G. M. Durrani.