It was on the sets of Benaam Badshah that Vivek Vaswani introduced Shah Rukh Khan to Anil Kapoor. Anil told Shah Rukh he would recommend his name for 1942 A Love Story for Raghubir Yadav's role.
After Saroj Khan dropped out of Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja to work in Vishwatma 1992, a war with Boney Kapoor started. Boney warned her if she did not report for the shooting of Roop Ki Rani....... she would no longer be allowed to work with Anil Kapoor. This is how Saroj Khan was dropped from Benaam Badshah.
The film was launched in 1987 but delayed for unknown reasons. It was released in 1991 around Eid festival and proved a decent box office success.
Anil Kapoor signed the film because he needed money for his home production Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja.