Directed by Putu Wijaya, who wrote the screenplay with Eddy D. Iskandar, the series mainly focuses on Indra, a college student who gave his first salary and shared his feelings with his mother, Diah, while having a strong relationship with his wife Ayu, and his housekeeper Haryati.

Starvision commissioned the series alongside its cast on 6 January 1997, after the success of Mutiara Cinta, Nikita, Mentari Di Balik Awan, and Harkat Wanita.

It was first aired on Indosiar on 11 September 1997, and featured the commercially successful musical number "Melangkah Di Atas Awan", written by Eddy D. Iskandar, composed and arranged by Dwiki Darmawan and performed by Ronny Sianturi, which received generally positive reviews and peaked at number 5 in Aneka Top 13 Indonesian Hits chart in November of that year.

The central conflict of the series is the disconnect between the public and personal lives of Indra, and the lengths to which he must go to secure his life as a normal student.

Wijaya cited works like Baturraden, Cinderella and Inem Pelayan Seksi as particular influences when he enjoyed leaning into the romantic fantasy as a storytelling genre.

[7] The series and its primary cast were announced in January 1997;[8] Slamet Rahardjo and Adipura would be portraying as the supporting characters of Sastro and Asrul respectively.

[11] The main title theme for the series, "Melangkah Di Atas Awan", was primarily composed and arranged by Dwiki Darmawan and the lyrics were penned by Eddy D. Iskandar, marking their second soundtrack collaboration with Starvision, after Bidadari Yang Terluka.

The theme song received generally positive reviews and peaked at number 5 in Aneka Top 13 Indonesian Hits, dated to 15 November 1997.