Rajkummar Rao received a national award (Best Actor) for this movie.
The film was first titled "Based On a True Story".
Both the Hindi language 'Shahid' (2012) from India and 'Hotel Mumbai' (2018), two dramatic theatrical feature films which cover the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, both had their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) with 'Shahid' (2012) debuting in the fest's 'City to City Programme'. The two pictures world premiered at the TIFF about six years apart.
Hansal Mehta reveled that when he was running short of funds his father in law actor Yusuf Hussain helped him complete the film by arranging funds from his personal savings.
The film features Rajkummar Rao in lead role as Shahid. Coincidentally, Shahid Kapoor had worked in a film called R.... Rajkumar.