The social movie Nishana was released on October 17, 1980. The movie was directed by D K Raghvendra Rao and produced by A S R Anjanyelu. The top roles in the movie were played by Jeetendra, Prem Chopra, Poonam Dhillon and Asrani while the supporting roles were played by Utpal Dutt, Shreeram Lagoo, Deven Verma, Jay Shree T and Mohan Choti. The music of the film was directed by Laxmikant Kudalkar and Pyarelal while the songs were sung by Kishore Kumar and Anuradha Paudwal.

The movie Nishana was a social flick that was like all the other movies. The movie was directed by the famous director D K Raghvendra Rao who had directed many movies earlier like Farz Aur Kanoon released in 1982, Justice Choudhary released in 1983 and Suhagan released in 1986 while this was his first film as a director. The movie was produced by A S R Anjanyelu who had produced movies like Sunehra Sansar released in 1975 and Solvan Sawan released in 1979.

The male lead in the film was played by Jeetendra who has given many hit films to the Bollywood like Badi Didi, Nagin, Swarg Narak, Jaani Dushman and Hatim Tai amongst others. He debuted with the movie Geet Gaya Patharon Ne released in 1964. The female lead in the film was played by Poonam Dhillon who has acted in films like Trishul released in 1978, Qayamat released in 1983 and Dosti Dushmani released in 1986 while her first film was Sabak released in 1973.

The songs of the movie are:
1.    O Gori Shehar Ki Chhori