Shammi Kapoor was so smitten by Madhubala's beauty that he kept forgetting his lines during the shoot; Madhubala would then try to make him comfortable in saying his dialogue.
Shammi Kapoor was very thin during the film shoot. He and Madhubala bonded well and she advised him to gain weight, and he started drinking beer.
Debut film of Shammi Kapoor.
Shammi Kapoor had signed on to P N Arora's 'Jeevan Jyoti' (1953) first. but 'Rail Ka Dibba' started shooting before that.
The very first film that Shammi Kapoor had signed on to was his friend Aspi Irani's 'Hum Tum Aur Woh' opposite Madhubala, but that film didn't go beyond the opening shot.