The relationship between Vijay Anand and Vinod Khanna was very strained during the making of the film. Vijay Anand decided to leave Rajneesh because he felt Rajneesh had become too greedy and now was calling himself "Bhagwan". He was simply targeting foreigners for their money . Vijay followed Rajneesh for 10 years. The first crack appeared in 1972 when Kalyanji and actor Mahipal left Rajneesh. Vijay Anand decided to renounce his association with him in 1976. Vijay felt it was wrong for Rajneesh to speak ill of philosophers like U.G. Krishnamurthy. Vijay Anand went on to add that Rajneesh's policy was to leave your shoes and brains at the door . Rajneesh did not care about loosing a disciple like Vijay Anand. Rajneesh feared that with Vijay Anand now leaving him, it would lead to a mass exodus in the ashram. A Bombay film star was now leaving Rajneesh. His credibility would be in question. Exactly 7 days after Vijay Anand left Rajneesh, Vinod Khanna was summoned to the Pune ashram. Vinod Khanna was closeted up for 10 hours with Rajneesh, then immediately took a flight back to Bombay. It was here that Vinod Khanna announced his retirement from films. This was done in a press conference. Rajneesh had seeked Vinod Khanna's help fearing Vijay Anand's denouncement of Rajneesh would affect his following. With Vinod Khanna standing tall and supporting Rajneesh, his credibility would remain in tact.
This big film was started in year 1978 in parts and got completed and released in 1982. Director Vijay (Goldie) Anand was very passionate about this film and its story line. Amitabh Bachchan was to play Vinod Khanna's part but backed out saying meatier role was of Rajesh Khanna and Dharmendra. Neetu Singh was to play Ranjeeta's role but after success of Laila Majnu 1976, Vijay signed up Ranjeeta. Ajit also had to leave the film due to his heart attack in 1980. Veteren actor Rehman agreed to do his role, which turned out to be his last major role along with his role in Dhanwan 1981. After Des Pardes, Tina Munium was new sensation and she was signed. Vinod Khanna completed dubbing then he left for U.S.A. but he was required to shoot some scenes, so Goldie sent script to U.S.A. and Vinod Khanna shot those scenes in studio in U.S.A. and sent the reels back to India and Goldie included those scenes in the film. When the film starts its shown character Nazir Hussain as the guard of the palace and in later scenes he gets promoted as the commissioner of police.
This film required 100 shifts to make the film, but due to delays and date problems, the 100 days took 8 years to complete. Both films Rajput & Razia Sultan started in 1974, both films were big films, made by major filmmakers and Dharmendra & Hema Malini were in both films.
Vijay Anand and Dharmendra worked in 3 films together:- Black Mail 1973, Ram Balram 1980 & Rajput 1982.
Last film to feature Rajesh Khanna and Vinod Khanna together.