Anil Kapoor was recommended by Javed Akthar and Shabana Azmi.
On the night of the premiere of Mashaal, Anil Kapoor signed Feroz Khan's " Jaanbaz" and Subhash Ghai's " Mere Jung".
After wining signing two film on the premiere night of the film Anil Kapoor directly went to the house of his the girlfriend now wife Sunita and proposed her for wedding.
Sunny Deol was signed for the role of Raja. There were announcements in all trade news papers. Eventually Dharmendra thought it was too early for Sunny to work with Dilip Kumar. Sunny left the project.
Shafi Inamdar claimed that the filmfare committee came to his house and offered him the best supporting actor award for Aaj Ki Awaz. The only catch was, he would have to pay for it . Shafi refused and Anil Kapoor got the award.