Manisha Koirala's casting proved to be a very disaster situation. Subhash Ghai and Manmohan Desai had a on going feud. When Desai offered her the film she accepted it and this angered Ghai. He questioned her how could she work with his enemy. Manisha agreed to walk out of the film to make Ghai happy. Ketan Desai knew that Manisha was under a 3 film contract with Ghai and Manisha would have to give priority to Ghai's film when ever he would start one. Ketan decided to have face to face meeting with Ghai and clear up all problems. Ghai finally agreed to let Manisha do the film.
When launched, the film was to star Jugal Hansraj and 'Pratibha' (Mala Sinha's daughter) in the lead. Ketan had first starting auditioning newcomers, he had zeroed in on a model named "Shabana Dutt". She was famous for recommending Salman Khan to Sooraj Barjatya for Maine Pyar Kiya. It was then titled "Sweetheart" for a short while. Then the title "Love Birds" was decided upon. Later they decided it would be best to make the film with Rishi Kapoor and Manisha Koirala but with a slightly different subject. Manmohan Desai had tried to start a film titled "Love Birds" in 1982/83 with Kumar Gaurav and Dimple Kapadia. It was to be a Hindi and English bilingual film. The film was to be a remake of Summer of 42. He shelved the film due to Kumar Gaurav's on going struggle at the box office and Dimple refusing the offer.
The film was inspired from Cinderella's story.
This film was completely different Manmohan Desai's film and was written by Honey Irani. After Allah-Rakha and Toofan, Anmol is the 3rd and the last film in these 23 years now, Ketan Desai had directed.
Mamta Kulkarni was offered the film but had to decline as she was under contract with another producer .