Raj Kapoor's Drunken Call to Dev Anand

“When Burman Dada heard the story, he stood up and said, ‘Don’t make this film, this is a disgusting story. What is wrong with you to plan such a story?’ Listening to this, Dev Saab realized he might be going too far, so he added another character to introduce a romantic subplot, ensuring there would be no inappropriate connection with the sister. But SD Burman still refused: ‘You don’t make this film. I don’t want to do it, and you shouldn’t either.’ Yet Dev Saab was determined to make it.”

“Dev saab had cast Zaheeda ji in Gambler. In fact, Zaheeda ji was supposed to play the role in Hare Rama Hare Krishna that Zeenat Aman eventually did. But since Zaheeda ji was the heroine in Gambler, the director and producer of that film, Amarjeet, told her, ‘If you play the sister in another film while being a heroine here, it might negatively affect the picture.’ That’s why Zaheeda ji refused the film because she thought, ‘How can I be your sister when I just played your heroine?’”