Akshay Kumar grew beard for the film he said that his 2 year old daughter was not happy with it as it poked her.
Akshay Kumar gained 15kgs for play the character in this movie.
most of the films supporting cast were taken from the television series Crime Patrol.
The background music of Sholay when Gabbar enters is used in few scenes for Akshay Kumar,few of Gabbar dialog are also modified from Sholay.
Gabbar was scheduled to release in January 2015 but Akshay Kumar postponed it to May 2015 due to its other release Baby in January 2015.