Sanjay Dutt had to leave the film because he had to attend court everyday and only could do night scenes. He told Firoz Nadiawala that after completing Kartoos (1999) he could not do any film for a short period, so he suggested that Sunil Shetty should take his place in the film.
The film is termed as cult comedy in Hindi cinema.
A remake of Malayalam film Ramji Rav Speaking.
The film was launched as Raftaar with a grand mahurat just before Kartoos (1999) was to be released and the cast at that point was Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Paresh Rawal and Karishma Kapoor. Steven Seigal attended the mahurat and mentioned that he was going to do a cameo in the movie.
The song "Mujhse milti hai..." filmed on Akshay Kumar and Rambha, whose promos were aired on television, was deleted from the final cut of the movie.