In the film, Yani Mishra (Irrfan Khan) gets transferred to Kerala. In reality, actor Prashant Narayanan (adult Ravi) was born in the state of Kerala.
Some of the back ground music used in the movie Darinda (1977), was taken from instrumental's by German composer Gert Wilden. Year's later Gert's son, Gert Wilder jr composed the music for Bengali movie " Shadows of Time", starring Prashant Narayanan, and Irrfan Khan.