 Nihalani stated that he had a tough time to find the producers until he met Lalit Bijlani of Blaze Films, who immediately agreed upon to produce the film despite Nihalani warning him of the controversies that the story had.The film was aired as a six-part television series through Doordarshan and became extremely popular from its very first episode.Upon release, the film stirred a lot of controversies as it was set in the backdrop of religious violence.