Salman Khan had offered the role of Lovely's father to his good friend Sanjay Dutt, but Sanjay declined, feeling there was not enough of an age difference between them. Later Salman decided to drop that character.
Shatrughan Sinha was approached for the role of Kareena Kapoor' s father. He declined the role saying he only wanted to play a father role to daughter Sonakshi. Raj Babbar was eventually signed.
Karishma Kapoor dubbed for character of Chayya's which was also played by Kareena Kapoor.
The film was Salman and Kareena's first blockbuster together after their previous flops KYO KII and MAIN AUR MRS KHANNA.
The song "Teri Meri" sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan & Shreya Ghoshal has the music obviously copied from an old Rumanian Christmas Carol called "La Vitleem colo-n jos" (Way down at Bethlehem).