Though the music achieved all-time hit status, the film was a box office disaster.

This is a classic paradox, where he succeeds (Jait re jait, means WIN-WIN) in his revenge, but loses his wife Music - Amar Direction - Prasad Subhedar and Shrinivas Bhange Camera - Rajan Kothari and Rajesh Joshi The film's shooting began on 25 April 1977, and ended on 14 July 1977.

The film was also shot on locations of Maharashtra in Khalapur, Kumbhavali and Thakarwadi in Raigad District.

The film earned actress Smita Patil and Jabbar Patel Filmfare Awards.

"Consistently transferring to the film medium a successful fictional work (Jait re Jait by G. N. Dandekar); for high lightening the mutual inconsistencies of love, of the fear of God and of superstition in a simple, innocent community of tribal, for the memorable use of the drum in evoking presence of the God and expressing the inexorable demands of love for a cinematic form which captures the lyricism, the cadence and the lilt of folk culture.