The movie is heavily inspired by the 1985 Hollywood comedy 'Brewster's Millions'. Naseeruddin Shah plays role played by Richard Pryor while Satish Shah plays the role of his friend, which was played by John Candy in the English version.
Cricketer Sunil Gavaskar makes an special appearance he plays himself in the film.
Last film of later Harindranath Chattopadhyay.
The song "Pehla Pehla pyar layi hoon".Film: Maalamaal music director: Anu
Malik copied from Beethoven's Fur Elise. Insaaf (1987) song Main Hoon Tu Hain.. was also inspired by this song . It was once again used as inspiration for the song "Jaane Mujhe Kya Hua (Baazi) and "Hanske Guzaare Zindagi Hai Wohi Aadmi" (Brahma, 1994) .