The 1984 Kannada movie "Asha Kirana" starring Shankar Nag has a similar storyline This is a story of a nurse in a psychiatric hospital, played by Suchitra Sen. Sen's character is part of a team exploring new therapy for patients who have suffered from emotional trauma.

All lyrics are written by Gauriprasanna Mazumder; all music is composed by Hemanta MukherjeeThe film turned out to be a big hit, especially in the urban centres.

Impressed by the storyline, producer Vuppunuthula Purushotham Reddy and director Gutha Ramineedu remade the Bengali film into Chivaraku Migiledi in Telugu starring Savitri which flopped at the box office though.

[5] The director Asit Sen would later remake the film in Hindi as Khamoshi (Silence) (1969), starring Waheeda Rehman, Rajesh Khanna, and Dharmendra in a guest role.

It was remade in Hindi as Kyon Ki in 2005 starring Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Rimi Sen, Jackie Shroff, and Om Puri.