 The play was inspired by a real couple named Sona(male) and Chandi(female) from Kallurkot, a Tehsil city of Bhakkar District of Punjab, Pakistan.Munnu Bhai (the writer of the play) who was educated in Kallurkot during his father's posting there as the railways station master of North Western Railway (British India) in the city before 1947, has mentioned his inspiration of these roles in his numerous interviews.Sona is still alive and lives in Kallurkot.