The south version of the film was shot at the same time on the same sets .
Krishna always presented films of Padmalaya like Himmatwala, Mawaali, Justice Chaudhry etc, this time he also wrote and directed Singhasan, his only film in Hindi.
This film was part of a dual-language production. This film and its Telugu version, "Simhasanam" (1986), were shot simultaneously and had many common cast members, including the film's heroine Jaya Prada. While Jeetendra was the hero of the Hindi version, producer, director Krishna himself played that role in Telugu.
Singhasan is the second costume drama film in one year from Padmalaya's, the other was K.Bapaiah's Directed Pataal Bhairavi released in year 1985.