Amrita Singh Debuted alongside Sunny Deol in Betaab 1983.This was her comeback film and she played mother to Bobby Deol which didn't go well with the audience who would yell in cinema halls saying she romanced your brother in his debut film.
There were 4 movies that released around the same time based on Bhagat Singh. The other three were Rajkumar Santoshi's "The Legend of Bhagat Singh", Sukumar Nair's "Shaheed-E-Azam" and Anand Sagar's "Bhagat Singh".
Gracy Singh was approached for a role but declined .
Sanjay Dutt was signed for the role of Kaher Singh but opted out.
Amrish Puri was signed for the film but replaced by Suresh Oberoi.