Shabana Azmi kept pestering the director to cast her. When she was finally selected, she got cold feet and declined it, feeling she didn't look like a Parsi woman. The director convinced her that there were darker-skinned Parsi women also.
Film was produced by NFDC.
Naseeruddin Shah's son Imaad Shah plays a small kid in the film.
Kiron Kher is credited as Kiran Thakursingh Kher.
Shivaji Satam was introduced by Bal Dhuri to Vijaya Mehta after he saw him in plays of Central Bank.