Irrfan Khan made an appearance in this film as a writer, one of his first appearances.
Nana Patekar accidentally got stabbed by the child actor. The actor did not understand the director's instructions properly.
Most of the young actors who appeared in the film were actual street children. They received dramatic training at a special workshop in Bombay before they appeared in the film.
Bollywood 2nd movie nominated for Oscar after Mother India (1957).