Dimple Kapadia was the original choice for Sharmila 's role.
During the shooting of the jail scene with Shashi, a funny incident occurred. A hangman had to hang Shashi in a scene. The director ordered Shashi to make a painful face like he was being choked. The first shot was not okay-ed. They had to do it again. This is when they realized 3 year old Saif Ali Khan was hitting the actor who was playing the hangman executioner. He wanted to know why he was hurting his uncle Shashi.!!.