- Maitighar was the third Nepali film produced in the Nepali film industry.
- Maitighar was the first film to be produced under a private banner in Nepal.
- This film features Bollywood actress Mala Sinha in the lead role
- It is considered a classic in Nepali cinema.
- Maithighar was a commercially successful movie in Nepal after the success of the movie the place this movie was filmed in got named Maithighar.
- The music was scored by Jaidev, a veteran music maestro. Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, Manna Dey and Geeta Dutt did the playback singing, along with Nepali singers Prem Dhoj Pradhan, C.P. Lohani and Aruna Lama. Lata Mangeshkar sang a Nepali song that was penned by the late King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal.
- It had many Indians contributing towards the making of the film – actors, musicians, and technicians. The place where the office for film shooting was established in Kathmandu, Nepal has been named Maitighar after the movie.
- Maitighar was released on 16 December 1966.