The movie starred Hema Malini as Razia Sultan and featured Dharmendra in the role of her Abyssinian slave Yakut Jamaluddin. It was a box office dud and earned only Rs 2 crore against its budget of ...

As a viceroy of Sultan Muhammad Ghori ... Soon a battle ensued between the two rival groups following which Yakut was killed and Razia was taken prisoner. Razia married Altunia and they jointly ...

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.

There was criticism of Dharmendra employing blackface to play the Abyssinian slave warrior Yakut, as well. All these combined to sink Razia Sultan, which only managed to earn ₹2 crore at the box ...