Sanjeev Kumar stated that the film flopped due to the masses not understanding the film. The pace was quite slow and scenes lengthy. The scene between Tom Alter and Richard Attenbourogh were too stretched. The English dialogue just added up to its failure.
Satyajit Ray made only 2 movies in Hindi, one was Shatranj ke Khiladi and the other one is Sadgati.
Based on Premchand's story of same name.