Aamir Khan was offered Anil Kapoor's role after Govinda rejected it, but Aamir declined.
This was the first Hindi motion picture to appear in the Top 20 Box Office Charts in the USA.
Young Shahid Kapur made an appearance in the song Kahi Aag Lage as a background dancer as he was part of Shaimak Davar's troupe.
When Anil Kapoor was approached for his role he suggested to Subhash Ghai that only Kamal Hassan could do the role, but later was persuaded by Ghai to play the role and accepted.
This was the second out of a trilogy of films that Subhash Ghai made which focusing on the Indian NRI abroad, the other two being Pardes (1997) and Yaadein... (2001).