When Kamal went to the duo's place to listen to their new tune, he was asked to wait as the music directors were in a meeting. But, he did not like one fast-paced tune composed by the duo for the film and told them to compose a new tune instead. However, by the time Razia Sultan went on the shooting floors, Laxmikant–Pyarelal became the most-sought-after music director duo. Later on, they learned that this song was composed by Khayyam for a movie called Shagoon (1964). The song was 'Parbaton Ke Pedon Par' and was sung by Mohammed Rafi and Suman Kalyanpur.

Once Kamal Amrohi and his wife Meena Kumari liked a song that they had listened to on the radio. There is a story as to how Kamal got liking for Khayyam's music. Earlier he had given music for Shankar Hussain, a movie produced by Amrohi. It was the second time that Khayyam worked for a Kamal Amrohi movie.

Dharmendra as Yakut Jamaluddin, Abyssinian slave.

The film is based on the life of Razia Sultan (1205–1240), the only female Sultan of Delhi (1236–1240) and her speculated love affair with the Abyssinian slave, Jamal-ud-Din Yakut.

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