At the premiere night of Mashaal 1984 Anil Kapoor went on two sign the movie,earlier he was offered the negative role of Javed Jaffrey and Amitabh Bachchan was to play the lead role, due to Amitabh Bachchan's political career he left the film and Anil Kapoor went on to play the lead role which made him a mature actor for which he credits Amitabh Bachchan.