Filmed in 40 days.
Esha Deol, Sushmita Sen, and Shamita Shetty were all considered for the main role after Kareena Kapoor opted out. 'Akshay Kumar' was approached for Sanjay Dutt's role.
Before Sanjay Dutt was cast, 'Sharukh Khan', 'Salman Khan' and 'Akhsay Kumar' were all considered but were all committed to other projects.
The script of Shabd was selected for the Margaret Herrick library, which is the official library for the Academy Motion Pictures Arts and Science.
The film got negative reviews due to its unique storyline which was based on Dot the I.