In the biography on the film's director Vijay Anand titled "Ek Hota Goldie," the writer Anita Padhye indicated that Anand and the film's financier Tolaram Jalan had different goals. Jalam wanted to produce a flop film to adjust his income taxes and signed the biggest names of the 1960's cinema: stars Dev Anand (Vijay Anand's older brother), Asha Parekh and music directors Shanker-Jaikishen. Director Anand felt he was making a good film, but Jalam stopped paying cast and crew, took the film and released it in a single matinée show and then pulled the film. Vijay Anand was pained by this experience, especially since the film didn't surface again.
Kahin aur chal should be released, at least on you tube so it can be seen.
Heroine Asha Parekh wrote in her 2017 memoir "The Hit Girl" that she found the song "Zindagi Seharaa Bhi Hai" to be melodious, and that she often listens to it on YouTube.
The part in the song " Thodi Si Pee Lee" from Namak Halaal, where Kishore Kumar says " Oh Julie, Oh Sheila, Oh Rano,Jamalo", was inspired by the unreleased Dev Anand movie Kahin Aur Chal. The song sampled was titled "Oh Lakshmi". The lyrics of that song was " Oh Lakshmi", Oh Sarsoo, Oh Sheela,Oh Rajni".
Four songs were recorded for Kahin aur Chal. Three of those were picturised in Khandala. "Aye Jaanewale Aa, Der Na Lage" was a beautiful melody. The hero is working as an engine driver and the heroine looks forward to the time when his train would reach the station for two minutes everyday. That was the film situation. More than half the film was completed. Just about 20 days of shooting was yet to be done. But Tolaram Jalan was not paying anybody. Jal Mistry was a fine gentleman and a great cameraman and because he was producing the film everyone was co-operating with him. But no one wanted to work free because they knew Tolaram Jalan was financing the film.
Tolaram Jalan wanted to produce a flop film to adjust his income tax dues. That is why he was not keen to complete the film and make it a success. When people associated with the film got a sense of this - they all started demanding money.
One day, Shankar met Goldie and told him "Goldieji, we have recorded four songs for you and we have not even asked you for money."Goldie said "Yes, you must get paid - please ask Tolaram Jalan for the money."
Even Asha Parekh complained to Goldie that Jalan had not paid her. In fact, Goldie himself had not been paid.Often shooting used to be cancelled due to lack of finance. Tolaram Jalan had signed a contract with Jal Mistry that all the rights of the film would be with Jalan himself. Goldie had completed the editing of some sequences and two songs. In fact, he was happy with the way the film was shaping up. But Tolaram Jalan did not want to spend any more money and he stopped asking all artistes for dates. Had Tolaram Jalan taken Goldie into confidence, he would have persuaded all the artistes and completed the film. But Jalan Tolaram had different ideas and he did not bother. After some days, Tolaram Jalan used duplicates as actors and somehow completed the film, got it dubbed by dubbng artistes, and released the film for a single matinee show in a theatre. After that he withdrew the film and that was the end of it! When Goldie got to know this, he was pained. This film was a very troublesome and sad experience.