The film is predicated on the novel of the identical title by Vani. The film noticed a theatrical run of 30 weeks. The film accomplished 100 days when it was re-released in 1982. The movie's success led to its second re-release on 6 February 2015 throughout Karnataka state. The film was remade in Telugu in 1975 as Pooja with three songs from this film retained within the Telugu model. The movie is taken into account as one of many biggest romantic movies in Kannada famous for the sturdy performances of lead actors Rajkumar and Kalpana.
