The film started in late 1997 when Sunil resurrected his career with Border and Bhai. This film went on to be a hit at the box office after getting an average opening.
Deepti Bhatnagar, Twinkle Khanna, Mamta Kulkarni were all considered for the lead role.
Partly inspired by Death Warrant.
The film was being made in 1995 with the title "Sarfarosh". It starred Bobby Deol and Pooja Bhatt. Rajkumar Santoshi was directing the film then. The film got shelved after a month. Santoshi decided to use his script years later and restart it as Vinashak.
The film had a theatrical release in Canada.