The action movie Farishta Ya Qatil was released in the year of 1977. The movie was directed by S M Abbas and produced by Ziaul Usman Mohd. The top roles in the movie were played by Shashi Kapoor, Premnath, Rekha and Jay Shree T while the supporting roles were played by Bindu, Johny Walker, Om Shiv Puri, Yunus Parvez, Utpal Dutt and Sujit Kumar. The music of the film was directed by Anandji and Kalyanji Veerji while the songs were sung by Anuradha Paudwal, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi.

The movie Farishta Ya Qatil was an action flick that was like all the other movies released at that time while its release was noticed. The movie was directed by the famous director S M Abbas who had directed the movies like Hangama released in 1971, Ek Bechara released in 1972 and Wafa released in 1990 while his first movie was Shriman Satyawadi released in 1960. The movie was produced by Ziaul Usman Mohd who made his debut with this movie as a producer.

The male lead in the film was played by Shashi Kapoor who has acted in movies like Ram Darshan released in 1950, Holiday In Bombay released in 1963 and Roti Kapada Aur Makan released in 1974 while his first film as an actor was Tadbir released in 1945. The female lead in the movie was played by Rekha who has also provided Bollywood with many hit movies. She made her debut with the movie Neela released in 1935. She has also sung the songs for various movies.

The songs of the movie are:
1.    Arey baton ke hum baadshah
2.    Ishq mein hum to
3.    Kahin dekha na shabab aisa
4.    Kali kali zulfon me
5.    Kuch aise bandhan hote hain
6.    Tasveer hai ye pyar ki