Produced on a budget of , the film grossed in India. It was the highest-grossing film of the year, as well as the third highest-grossing film of the decade, after "Sholay" (1975) and "Bobby" (1973). The film was a blockbuster, according to Box Office India. The film was such a huge hit, that people used to stand in queues, waiting endlessly, to buy the film's tickets. Sometimes the crowds slept in front of the cinema halls overnight in their wait for the tickets. Its Indian gross is equivalent to in 1978. Adjusted for inflation, its Indian gross is equivalent to () in 2017.