 Some songs were sung by Lata Mangeshkar, including "Aye Dil-e Nadaan".The film is based on the life of Razia Sultan (1205–1240), the only female Sultan of Delhi (1236–1240) and her speculated love affair with the Abyssinian slave, Jamal-ud-Din Yakut.It was the second time that Khayyam worked for a Kamal Amrohi movie.