The film is considered as one of the best performance of Laxmikanth Berde.
The film is based on a short story written by Jabbar Patel with screenplay and dialogues penned by the veteran Marathi writer, P. L. Deshpande (Pu. La.) after a hiatus of 39 years.Previously, Deshpande had written screenplay and dialogues for another Marathi film Gulacha Ganapati (1953) starring himself.
The film won several awards and was adjudged as the Best Film at Maharashtra State Film Awards (1993).
Laxmibai Kolhapurkar. became the first choreographer and the first woman to win the National Film Award for choreography. The film also participated at the Indian Panorama, International Film Festival of India in 1993.
It also won two National Film Awards at the 40th National Film Awards (1992); Best Feature Film in Marathi and Best Choreography.