S. V. Rajendra Singh after completing Sharara with Raaj Kumar and Hema Malini in 1984, the filmaker was very exited to start another big film, Aag Ka Dariya, in the same year with again big and major stars like Dilip Kumar and Rekha and the writer of the film was Rajendra Krishan, everyone connected was excited of this film and the director said the film would be ready in one year and then suddenly delays started meanwhile the writer Rajendra Krishan died. There was problems between the producers and financer. So many films from the south were made at that time and all those films were completed fast. on schedule and released on time. It is not known what happened with this important awaited film. In 1990s Dilip Kumar himself as director shot some court room scenes and then it was announced that the film is complete and then an ad appered on Screen Magazine it was mentioned as "Dilip Kumar presents Aag Ka Dariya". Let this film be seen as its ready the concerned should compromise and release the film.
Aag Ka Dariya & Chor Mandali, these two films are of Ashok Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and for more 20 years completed but not released. Then there is also Jaana Na Door Dil Se completed but not yet released.
Mushir-Riaz had signed Yash Chopra for a film titled "Aag Ka Dariya" starring Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan .Yash Chopra backed out for unknown reasons. It remains a mystery if Aag Ka Dariya and Ramesh Sippy's Shakti were the same film.
The film is completed and still unreleased.
The film was later set to release in 2014, but it's still unreleased.