Van McCoy song Do The Hustle plays in the film. During Pradeep Kumar's introduction .
Shashi Kapoor was angry with Parveen Babi. She told the producer she was going to Europe with Kabir Bedi for 6 months . She would be unavailable to do any shooting. Shashi Kapoor had to readjust all his shooting dates of other films due to this issue. Many schedules of Aahuti had to be postponed because the producer wanted to wait for her.
Rang De Basanti was originally titled "Aahuti".