Produced by Amarlal Chabria and directed by Mehmood the film stars Mehmood, Amjad Khan, Helen, Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini, Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Vinod Mehra, Nutan, Rakesh Roshan and Baby Ginny, who is Mehmood's own daughter.

[citation needed] The story is of a man named Johnny and a nine-year-old girl Ginny who is Mehmood's daughter.

On the other hand, Johnny, a con man, visits those places where somebody had died and by taking their names, he sells holy books to the families.

The film's music is by Rajesh Roshan, while all the songs are written by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

While there, he watched the American film Paper Moon, and decided to adapt it in Hindi with the title Ginny Aur Johnny.