 The film was based on a short story written by Sachin Bhowmick, first published in the Bengali monthly magazine "Desh", and according to his autobiography, he was inspired by "Madame Bovary", an 1857 novel by Gustave Flaubert, to create this story.The film went on to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 11th Berlin International Film Festival in 1961.Anuradha Roy (Leela Naidu), a noted radio singer, dancer and daughter of a rich man, falls in love with an idealistic doctor, Dr. Nirmal Chowdhary (Balraj Sahni).