Alka Kubal became a household name in Maharashtra after the films success.
Maherchi Sadi ran for more than two years at iconic Prabhat Talkies in Pune.
It was the highest ever collection for any Marathi film at that time. The film retained this record of the highest grossing Marathi film for 16 years before it was bettered by Saade Maade Teen in 2007.
The film was a remake of Gujarati movie, Mahiyaar Ni Chundadi (1983). Later, it was remade in Hindi as Saajan Ka Ghar in 1994 starring Juhi Chawla and Rishi Kapoor.
The film was screened for 75 weeks.