The film's college section is reportedly inspired from Hostel 3's and Hostel 4's real life rivalry for the GC in IIT Bombay. Nitesh Tiwari was himself a resident of H4 during the 90s and this story line was loosely based on his time spent in the institute.
Tahir Raj Bhasin's character was written as a star athlete. Accordingly, he had to train in various sports such as football, volleyball and kabaddi for about 4-5 hours a day with national coaches. He also underwent a month long training in building up his physical prowess although his biggest challenge was to compete with national runners.
Tahir Raj Basin, a non smoker, had to play a smoker in the film. The production used cigarettes with basil leaves and green tea to solve this problem.
Aamir Khan launched the film's trailer.
This was the 11th highest grossing Bollywood movie of 2019 as well as the highest grossing movie of Sushant Singh Rajput.