Upaasna Khosla signed the film Lakshmi and shot for it. When Manoj Kumar signed her for "Ricky" she begged the producers to delete her scene and role. She wanted Ricky to be her first release. The producers of Lakshmi finally gave in to her pleas and removed her .But afterwards Manoj Kumar decided to drop her from Ricky and replace her with Meenakshi.