Anita Raaj's role was offered to Smita Patil, Moushami Chatterjee.
Anita Raj kept insisting a bigger star be cast opposite her. She was not happy with Suresh Oberoi .
Moon Moon Sen declined the film because she did not want to play mother to Mandakini.
Mandakini first signed the film Mazloon before Ram Tere Ganga Malin. Producer Ranjit Virk gave her the screen name "Madhuri". She later decided to used "Mandakini" because Raj Kapoor named her that.
When the film was launched, Shashi Kapoor and Shabana Azmi were in the film. But then Jennifer Kapoor found out they were having a affair and demanded Shashi Kapoor leave the film. After Shashi exited, Shabana Azmi followed. Anita Raj and Suresh Oberoi replaced them.