"Ae Maalik Tere Bandhe Hum" sung by Lata Mangeshkar from this movie has been adopted as the anthem by a school in Pakistan.
It was the first Indian film to have won the Golden Globe award under the Samuel Goldwyn category.
Based on a true story which happened in British India in Swatantrapur Maharashtra.
V Shantaram injured his eye while fighting with a bull.
Subhash Ghai's Karma 1986 was based on similar concept.