Trivia

Janbaaz was a title Feroz Khan got from Salim Khan. When the Salim-Javed team broke up, it was Feroz Khan who contacted Salim, took him for a month to London and then to his farm in Bangalore. Salim wrote a script titled Janbaaz for FK which was to be made in English and Hindi. Feroz Khan was previously making a film titled "Kasak" in 1982. This was the same film he was making in 1977 with Zeenat Aman before he decided to shelve it to make Qurbani. Kasak (1982) starred Feroz Khan, Sanjeev Kumar, Shatrughan Sinha (Replaced Vinod Khanna who was doing the role in 1981. Amjad Khan was doing the same role in 1977), Rekha, Praveen Babi. The film was shot for 2 months when Praveen Babi all of a sudden left the country and disappeared. Feroz decided to shelve the film. He later took the same star cast and decided to start a new film, "Janbaaz" (Minus Sanjeev Kumar). This was in 1983. This new film would be made in Hindi and English. Many have speculated that this was actually his old film "Kasak" with a new title. This version of Kasak was going to be bolder than ever with sexually bold scenes for the international audience. But some changes to the cast occurred. Sanjay Khan and Akbar Khan were signed to be in the film. Shabana Azmi is said to have signed the film sometime in 1983. Feroz denied this. Pakistani actor Salman Peerzada was signed to play the villain. Dan Dhanoa was also apart of the star cast. Feroz discovered Dan Dhanoa at a party and wanted him in the film. Feroz Khan shot the song "Pyar Do Pyar Lo " with Rekha and several international dancers in London. But Feroz ended up throwing Rekha from the film after a big argument. The speculation was that in the English version of Janbaaz, the heroine needed to go nude and do very sexually bold scenes. Rekha was not comfortable with this. She was replaced with a new girl named Tracey. Tracey posed for pictures with Feroz Khan, but not much else was known about her. Feroz held a huge mahurat party for Janbaaz in 1983 where he introduced his new star cast. All off a sudden,Feroz Khan realized the film's budget was going to be too massive. Feroz realized that it would be impossible to recover the amount invested. With the industry going thru a bad phase due to the emergence of home video, Feroz decided to shelve the film. It was a painful decision because he had planned the film for so long. He retained the song Pyar Do Pyar Lo and decided to use it in his next film. Feroz put the old Janbaaz on the back burner and decided to made the Anil Kapoor-Dimple starer Janbaaz instead. This film was a remake of Duel In The Sun. He offered the film to Kamal Hasaan , but he declined due to a leg injury. Feroz ended up signing Anil Kapoor for the film. Feroz wanted to make the film with just Anil Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia in the lead. But the distributors told Feroz that if he acted in the film it would fetch a better price . The Janbaaz would have a different script but same title. Salim Khan was also not happy with the earlier script he wrote due to the bold and sexual content. This is why Feroz Khan and Salim Khan parted ways.

Remake of Duel In The Sun.

Amrish Puri who plays Feroz Khan's father in the movie is only 7 years older than him in real life. Feroz Khan initially wanted Amjad Khan for the role.

On the night of the premiere of " Mashaal" , Anil Kapoor signed 2 movies. The first one was " Janbaaz" and the second one " Meri Jung". Yash Chopra had put in a good word to Feroz Khan and Subhash Ghai about new comer Anil Kapoor.

Feroz Khan was told by distributors to cast Sri Devi in the film. He was reluctant as he was not impressed by her in Himmatwala. Giving in to distributors advice, he decided to call Sri Devi. Feroz Khan had offered the film to Sri Devi, but she refused. She was not excited to play a guest appearance, plus the role was very sensuous and very different from her screen image. It was when Feroz Khan spoke in Sri Devi' s mother tongue language of Tamil that she finally agreed. Feroz's command over the Tamil language surprised Sri Devi. This gestured touched Sri Devi and she signed the film. Feroz first met Sri Devi in Banglore on the sets of Janbaaz. He went on to sign Sridevi for Kasak in 1986. This was when Janbaaz was just completed. Feroz had prior tried to make the film in 1977 with Zeenat Aman, then in 1983 with Rekha and Praveen Babi. He finally tried once again with Sri Devi. The other film he signed Sri Devi for was Yalgaar (1987).The film was shelved after the announcement. That film starred Feroz Khan, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff,Sonam. It was based on the Indian army. Feroz ended up shelving it when Anil walked out after Feroz Khan dropped Jackie Shroff. Anil wanted Jackie and only Jackie to be in the film. He later started Yalgaar (1992) with a different star cast and script.