The song "Hum Dono Akela" was sampled from Paul Mauriat song "Love is Blue".
The project was being made by another producer in 1988. It was titled "Daraar" under Bengal Movie International and starred Shatrughan Sinha,Raj Babbar,Chunky Pandey,Madhavi,Sonam (Replaced Amla),Amjad Khan,Kiran Kumar,Written by Faiz Anwar,Music by Bappi Lahiri,Directed by Shibu Mitra.When the film was going to be shelved due to problems, another producer took over. Jeetendra replaced Shatrughan Sinha and Kimi Katkar replaced Madhavi. Amjad Khan and Kiran Kumar also exited the film. The script was also changed. The film was then relaunched as "Aaj Ka Shahenshah".