Trivia

It was after the release of Rangeela that Aamir Khan stopped attending Filmfare Awards. He had become upset that he did not win, or even be nominated for, the 1995 Best Actor award for his performance in the film. He also felt that for films like Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992) and Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1993) that he should have gotten recognition from Filmfare and after these incidents he became upset with Filmfare. But after failing to receive recognition for Rangeela is when Aamir had had enough and decided to shun Filmfare altogether.

During the film shooting sequence with Jackie Shroff, the actress who is shown throwing starry tantrums who is accompanied with her mother is a parody on Sridevi. It was said during the 80s, when Sridevi was at her peak of her success her mother was very dominating on film sets and ordered producers and directors.

Music Director A. R. Rahman's debut Hindi film with an original score, all previous Hindi scores were dubbed from his Tamil scores.

It is the single longest running movie in Nepali theaters. When it was out of a major theater in Kathmandu, people protested and brought it back for another run.

Manish Malhotra, a celebrity fashion designer, became a known fashion designer after he designed for Urmila in the film.