 For second female lead, popular South Indian actress Pandari Bai was approached, though earlier she was considered to enact the same role in the Tamil version, only to be rejected by A. V. Meiyappan because of her Kannada-tinged Tamil accent, who replaced her with actress M. S. Draupadi in that role.Pandari Bai was credited as Padmini in this film, as her name is too old-fashioned for Bollywood.The film's soundtrack was composed by S. D. Burman, while the lyrics were penned by Rajendra Krishan.