Real life father and son Sunil Dutt and Sanjay Dutt play father and son in this film. They would be cast as father and son again in "Kshatriya" (1993) and lastly in "Muna Bhai M.B.B.S." (2003)
While shooting for a scene there was a huge crowd gathered where some one passed obscene comment on Tina Munim.Sanjay Dutt got hold of the guy tore all his clothes took him to his van and tied him nude over there for an hour.
Anil Kapoor auditioned for the small role of Sanjay Dutt's friend in the latter's debut film Rocky, in struggling days. He was rejected. Gulshan Grover bagged the role afterwards.
The music in the song "Aa Dekhen Zara, Kis Mein Kitna Hain Dum" is a reworking of Jeff Waynes "War of the Worlds". The same music was used for the intro music for the song "Yeh Zindagi Hain Ek Juaa" from the movie, Zindagi Ek Juaa. The War of Worlds instrumental was earlier also used in the title music of "Bambai Ka Maharaja".