The role of Nisha was offered to Raveena Tandon, Juhi Chawla, Kajol, Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar and Shilpa Shetty Kundra, but they all turned it down. Ironically, Karisma Kapoor, who finally took the role, won the National Award.
Akshay Kumar was upset with Yash Chopra over not being paid what was promised to him. This led to Akshay not working with Yashraj films for 11 years.
Jackie Shroff was considered for the second lead role. They decided to go with Akshay Kumar to give it a more younger feel. But Yash Chopra would regret the decision. Akshay's career was on a very bad down fall when Dil To Pagal Hain released. Not only that, distributors told Yash Chopra to keep absolutely keep Akshay out of the film's publicity. While all these problems were going on,Akshay Kumar demanded Yash Chopra pay him for his work in the film. Yash refused thinking Akshay should he grateful for working in a Yashraj film. This angered Akshay and he swore never to work with Yash Chopra ever again .it was finally with Tashan that Akshay returned to the Yash Chopra camp.