Ram Gopal Varma was about to sign Sanjay Kapoor for Fardeen Khan' s role. But he met Fardeen the night prior at a party and changed his mind.
Sushant Singh got married during the making of the film. He was not able to get a haircut or shave for his wedding due to his role as Durga Narayan Chaudhary.
Sushant Singh won the best award for best actor in negative role and was awarded by Amrish Puri at Zee Cine Awards 2001.
Rajpal Yadav stated he did not wash his hair for days while shooting for the film in. the Jungle. He did this so he could get into the skin of the character.
The role of Durga Narayan Chaudhary was actually based on a real life bandit Veerapan