Sanjay Dutt had to leave the film because he had to attend court everyday and only could do night scenes. He told Firoz Nadiawala that after completing Kartoos (1999) he could not do any film for a short period, so he suggested that Sunil Shetty should take his place in the film.
The film is termed as cult comedy in Hindi cinema.
The film was launched as Raftaar with a grand mahurat just before Kartoos (1999) was to be released and the cast at that point was Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Paresh Rawal and Karishma Kapoor. Steven Seigal attended the mahurat and mentioned that he was going to do a cameo in the movie. The film's subject was then changed to a comedy.
Paresh Rawal's was appreciated by the audience so much that later he only switched to comedy roles in the new millennium and did not do negative characters for which he was known for in the 80s and 90s.
Raveena Tandon was signed for a item song but was replaced by Namrata Shirodkar.