Pandu Hawaldar gave Marathi film industry a new star Ashok Saraf,who was appreciated by the audiences than Dada Kondke.
The word Pandu became a permanent name for Bombay police.
The film was a major it.
The film was remade in Hindi as Do Hawaldar 1979 with Jagdeep and Asrani.
After the films success Ashok Saraf became a star in Marathi films wherein Dada Kondke felt he was sidelined in front of Ashok Saraf and decided never to act with him again.