The film was earlier being made by Habib Nadiadwala's Alishaan in 1988. Starring Amitabh Bachchan ,Dimple Kapadia,Kimi Katkar, Directed by Tinnu Anand. The film was then shelved and the script was leaked out to producer Tutu Sharma. He then made Rajkumar with the same script Anil Kapoor.
Anil Kapoor kept asking Tutu Sharma what took him so long to sign him for a film. Tutu and Anil grew up together since childhood. This was their first film together.
The film had a theatrical release in Canada. It was the first big budget film shown by the newly renovated Raja Cinema on 639 Commercial Drive ,Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The film was massively promoted all over the media and news papers.
Unofficial copy of Robinhood - Prince of thieves (1991).
When the film was announced, Shilpa Shirodkar was a part of the film. The script was then altered and her role was no longer in the film.