 The film was a box office bomb in its time, but was later considered as a world cinema's cult classic in the 1980s.The film's music was composed by S. D. Burman and the lyrics were written by Kaifi Azmi and Shailendra (for one song "Hum Tum Jise Kehta Hain"), giving hits such as "Waqt ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam", sung by Geeta Dutt.Many consider this film to be much ahead of its time.