It stars Amitabh Bachchan in dual roles, with Soundarya (in her only Hindi film), Jayasudha, Rachna Banerjee, Anupam Kher and Kader Khan.
Made on a budget of ₹7 crore (US$943,000), principal photography took place in and around various locations in India such as Hyderabad, Gujarat and Rajasthan, as well as Sri Lanka.
The film was opened to positive reviews towards the performance of Bachchan but ended up being a box-office bomb, grossing only ₹12.65 crore (US$1.5 million).
However, over the years, it has gathered cult following[2] among the Indian diaspora, and has been telecasted frequently on the television channel Sony Max.
[2][3] The Sooryavansham family head - Thakur Bhanu Pratap Singh is the respected sarpanch of the village of Bharatpur.
Thinking that Heera's company would hamper Gauri's studies, Bhanupratap sent her to a boarding school in the city.
Deshraj Thakur, another zamindar in Bharatpur, schemes to devastate Bhanupratap and his family by making Radha his daughter-in-law.
With the money lent by her uncle Ranjeet, Heera establishes a transport company under the name of his father.
Soon, Heera becomes a rich & respected person while Radha clears UPSC exam and is appointed as the District Collector as an IAS officer.
During its inauguration, Heera publicly owes his success to his father, who, he believes, had expelled him from home so that he learned to fend for himself.
While reconsidering his life decisions, he accidentally meets Sonu outside his school and starts secretly spending time with him.
Bhanupratap is hospitalized and Deshraj publicly accuses Heera of trying to kill his father with the poisoned Kheer, because of his expulsion from the family.
[7] Film's mahurat ceremony was attended by a number of celebrities from the Telugu cinema, including Nagarjuna and Venkatesh Daggubati.
The tunes of all the songs of the film are different from those of their Tamil counterparts, except one- "Dil Mere Tu Deewana Hai".
The song "Dil Mere Tu Deewana Hai" is portrayed in different tones – once in happy note and twice with forlorn touch.