When Naseer backed out, Patekar was brought on board. But according to the actor, Anil Kapoor intervened and requested director Vidhu Vinod Chopra to drop Patekar from the film. "I recently asked Anil if he had influencedVinod to drop me from the film. Anil responded, saying, 'I thought, why should I make Nana the star?'" Patekar revealed to Lallantop . Kapoor believed that if had Patekar played the role of Jackie, he would have emerged as the star of the film, overshadowing Kapoor's own prominence.