The name of the central character Kushal Hazra, is based on the movie The Golden Fortress (1974) directed by Late Satyajit Ray which was also based on re-incarnation. In that movie, Kushal Chakraborty played the character of Mukul, a boy who retained some memories of his past life and Shailen Mukherjee played the role of Dr. Hemanga Hajra the parapsychologist.