Remade as Ghulam 10 years later.
Remake of On The Waterfront.
The song "Tumse Mile Bin Chain Nahin Aata, Main Kya Karun" is the last song of Kishore Kumar singing for Sanjay Dutt.
Mahesh Bhatt used Emraan Hashmi 's apartment to shoot several scene's. As a child Emraan would sit in the hallway and watch Mahesh direct several scenes in the living room.
Kabzaa was Mahesh Bhatt's second home production, his first home production was Ab Meri Baari started in 1978 but it was shelved. It had major cast like Dev Anand, Rishi Kapoor, Rekha (replaced.Parveen Babi) and Tina Munium. Later Dev Anand had signed Mahesh Bhatt to direct Navketan's Hum Teeno which was to be Produced by Dev's Son Suniel Anand, as then Suniel wanted to act, Hum Teeno was shelved, 2/3 years Before Arth was released Dev Anand always used to Promote Mahesh Bhatt, he used to say that is a good Filmaker he knows his work. Because Dev Anand saw spark in him. But no one bothered. Then after the release of Arth, everyone started to talk about Mahesh Bhatt and went to become most successful Filmmaker.