Maila Anchal won a North India Film Association (NIFA) Award 1991 for Best Serial and Best Director. The award of Best Serial was presented to the producer Kishore Dang by then Union Information and Broadcasting Minister. The then I&B Minister said in the Parliament that "Maila Aanchal" is the 2nd most popular Prime Time Serial.
First TV serial cinematographed on Betacam SP Broadcast Quality.