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The film is about a farmer family's trials and tribulations involving three generations. A man with his wife and children leaves his poor old parents' home alone and goes to [[Mumbai]] for work. However, disillusioned he is forced to return to the village after facing tough times in the big city where they had gone with many hopes and dreams. <ref>{{Cite news|title=Chhattisgarhi film beats Mohabbatein|work=Rediff, archived on web archive|url=http://www.rediff.in/movies/2001/feb/09chhat.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001123421/http://www.rediff.in/movies/2001/feb/09chhat.htm|archive-date=2013-10-01}}</ref>

As no films were made in the Chhattisgarhi language till then for a long time, making the film was difficult for writer-director Satish Jain. He had a story ready, but no [[finance]] was available. The continued budget constraints forced curtailing the movie by cutting back on shooting of 20 scenes and 1 song.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Chhattisgarhi film beats Mohabbatein|work=Rediff, archived on web archive|url=http://www.rediff.in/movies/2001/feb/09chhat.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001123421/http://www.rediff.in/movies/2001/feb/09chhat.htm|archive-date=2013-10-01}}</ref> The director toured the state of Chhattisgarh extensively in search for suitable actors/actresses for his new film. A technical team came from Mumbai to shoot the movie. Even the action sequences were executed by fight master Andlib Pathan from Mumbai. The film led to the rebirth of [[Chhollywood]]. <ref>{{Cite news|title=A complete film industry can be set up in chhattisgarh-satish jain|url=https://gurturgoth.com/a-complete-film-industry-can-be-set-up-in-chhattisgarh-satish-jain/}}</ref>

Initially, no one was willing to distribute/release the movie. So the writer/director Satish Jain and his brother decided to distribute the film themselves. [[Film exhibitor|Exhibitor]]s were apprehensive of the idea of screening a [[Chhattisgarhi]] film. But Satish Jain requested exhibitors to release the film in Raipur, Durg and Bilaspur on the occasion of [[Diwali]] on October 27, 2000. Initially released with just 3 [[film print|prints]], the subsequent demand after the film became a [[superhit]], meant that producers released 12 prints. <ref>{{Cite news|title=Chhattisgarhi film beats Mohabbatein|work=Rediff, archived on web archive|url=http://www.rediff.in/movies/2001/feb/09chhat.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001123421/http://www.rediff.in/movies/2001/feb/09chhat.htm|archive-date=2013-10-01}}</ref>

The film ran for more than 100 days across many theatres in the newly formed state of Chhattisgarh grossing over ₹2 crores in lifetime collections. The film had a slow start in the first 2 days, but [[word-of-mouth]] publicity turned the fortunes of the film from 3rd day onwards making it a [[blockbuster]]. The film even surpassed other [[Bollywood]] flicks that were also released alongside it on [[Diwali]] like [[Mohabbatein]] and [[Mission Kashmir]] in [[Chhattisgarh]]. <ref>{{Cite news|title=Chhattisgarhi film beats Mohabbatein|work=Rediff, archived on web archive|url=http://www.rediff.in/movies/2001/feb/09chhat.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001123421/http://www.rediff.in/movies/2001/feb/09chhat.htm|archive-date=2013-10-01}}</ref>