All the poetry used in this movie is written by a Pakistani poet named Faiz Ahmed Faiz, who died ten years before this movie was released.
Shabana Azmi, who plays Imtiaz Begum, who aspires to be a poetess in her own right in the movie is related to many poets, namely, father Kaifi Azmi, husband Javed Akhtar and father in law Janisaar Akhtar.
One of nine productions that Indian actor Shashi Kapoor made with Merchant Ivory Productions. The films include Bombay Talkie (1970), Side Streets (1998), In Custody (1994), The Deceivers (1988), Heat and Dust (1983), The Householder (1963), Shakespeare-Wallah (1965), In Ismail's Custody (1994), The Wandering Company (1985).
There was a shelved movie, Arefa Arts " Muhafiz"(1992) Starring Aditya Pancholi(Replaced Mohshin Khan), Mandakini,Neeta Mehta, Girish Karnad, Anupam Kher, Sadashiv Amrapurkar,Music by Kalyanji Anandji,Directed by Afzal Neazi.
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