Janhvi Kapoor first gained 6kg for 'Gunjan Saxena : The Kargil Girl' , then lost 10kg for 'Roohi Afza'. Later, she again had to put on weight before she had to report back on sets of the Gunjan Saxena biopic.
Janhvi Kapoor will be seen playing a double role, as Roohi Arora and Afsana Bedi.
Roohi Afzana (2021) marks the third collaboration between actors Rajkummar Rao and Alexx O'Nell after Chittagong (2012) and Bose: Dead/Alive (2017).
Shamur song "Gonna Make It' sampled Gaudi song "Sufani" and "Let The Music Play". The song was later remade as "Nadiyon Paar" in Roohi.
This is the first film to feature Janhvi Kapoor and Rajkmmar Rao together on screen