Govinda was meant to do Ajay Devgan's role. But while shooting a Ad With John Mathew, Govinda came very very late. This put of John Mathew and he decided against casting Govinda .
Subhash Ghai had launched a film titled " Shikhar" starring Shahrukh Khan, Jackie Shroff and Aishwarya Rai. Music by A.R. Rahman. This was in 1997. He eventually shelved the film.