 The film is loosely inspired by the Charlie Chaplin film "City Lights".The same film was remade in Telugu in 1997 as "Pelli Pandiri", in Tamil in 1999 as "Nilave Mugam Kaattu" and in "Hindi" in 2006 as "Humko Tumse Pyar Hai" starring Amisha Patel, Bobby Deol and Arjun Rampal.The film was released in 1995 all over Karnataka.