The core plot of the film is predicated on the Marathi play Ekta Jeev Sadashiv which had already been tailored right into a 1972 Marathi film Ekta Jeev Sadashiv starring Dada Kondke. The 2000 Hindi film Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hain is predicated on the Marathi film and this film.
