Shabana Azmi was the original choice to play the role of Shashi Kapoor's wife. After a scandal about an alleged affair between them broke out, Shashi's wife Jennifer forbid him from ever working with her and Rekha was signed for the role instead.
Kunal Kapoor used dark make up in the film.
Amrish Puri stated stated that Shashi Kapoor did not want him in the film. Shashi kept telling Govind Nihalani that Amrish's image went against the character. Govind kept insisting Amrish be in the film. Finally Shashi gave in.
There were allegations that Shashi Kapoor made the film to relaunch Kunal Kapoor. Shashi stated this was false. He had stated before that he would never sponsor a film only because his son was in it. He took Kunal because he would make a believable young sardar and available dates.
There were several stories about Debashree Roy being involved with Kunal Kapoor. Debashree was signed for the film. When Shashi heard about this, he replaced her with Supriya Pathak.