 Actor Pankaj Kapur played bonded labourer "Budhai Ram" who lives in a village with a Muslim "Zamindar" (landlord).The title song for this serial was written by lyricist-poet Nida Fazli and sung by Jagjit Singh called "Muh Ki Baat Suney Har Koi..."

The show was cherished by speakers of Awadhi for using their dialect, along with Hindi-Urdu, in its dialogues.