For the song sequence "John Jani Janardhan", Manmohan Desai had assembled almost the entire film industry.
Manmohan Desai had originally wanted the trio of "Amar Akbar Anthony" to play the lead roles once again in this film. However, Shatrughan Sinha replaced Vinod Khanna after the latter took a break from films
Last time of Amitabh and Shatrughan together Amitabh claimed in an interview that he didnt like his late coming habit
The film was apparently the first film whose trailer was shown on doordarshan prior to release.
Anees Bazmee plays younger Shatrughan Sinha.