The film was earlier titled " Pyaarana".
'Hema Malini' was to do Beena Banerjee's role. But it was mentioned that due to problems Hema Malini had with Shah Rukh during Dil Aashna Hain,this casting seemed very problematic. Shahrukh was said to have asked Ramesh Sippy to drop Hema from the film or else he would walk out . Ramesh gave in to Shah Rukh's demand due to the film's shooting ready in full action.
The song Oh Rabba was sampled from the song Chahe Duniya Ho Khaffa from Pakistani movie Naukar.
In 1992, Ramesh Sippy wanted to start a film with Dilip Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan. Dilip was not in the mood to shoot for a film and told Sippy he did not want to do the film. That is when Ramesh Sippy planned a quickie with Shah Rukh Khan. But Zamaana Deewana took 3 long years to complete. Infact Baazigar, Darr and Anjaam were all completed with the dates that were originally allotted to Zamaana Deewana.