[4] It was written by Karan Razdan[5] and Anil Chaudhary,[citation needed] with the title track being sung by Asha Bhosle.

Public utilities that were criticised in the series included electricians, postmen, telephone wiremen, and the gas cylinder agency with its delivery boys.

[6] Rajani was developed by Basu Chatterjee after taking inspiration from the American TV series Here's Lucy, which featured a housewife who stumbled to overcome problems, most of which were caused by her own actions.

After deciding upon Priya Tendulkar as the lead, Chatterjee modified the premise, making the title character a social activist who fought against the injustice in the system.

Due to a small budget leading to unavailability of sets to shoot in, the series was shot at screenwriter Ranjan Bose's apartment.

[8] However, the tackling of fictional issues in existing public departments led the Bombay-based All India LPG Distributors Federation and 500 taxi drivers to protest outside the Doordarshan office, in two separate incidents.