Anil Kapoor wanted to do the film very badly, but the producers felt he was too young for the role.
Sridevi was upset with her outfits in the film. She felt it made her look very vulgar. She blamed the director for not taking care of things.
Actually Amitabh Bachchan was to play the tittle role of this Hindi remake and K.Bhagyaraja who wrote and directed the origional, was to direct this film, but Amitabh couldnt do this film and K.Bhagraaj left the film and instead Rajesh Khanna did the tittle role and the Himatwala director K.Raghavendra rao directed Masterji. K.Bhagyaraja since before he said if he makes his first Hindi film, then Amitabh Bachchan, should be the main actor in the film. Then they did together Aakhree Raasta.
Chandra Barot was making a film, staring Dilip Kumar & Saira Banu in 1978/79, which was shelved. incidently the titrle of the film was also ' 'Masterji '.
Sanjeev Kumar had seen the original south film and told the producers he would do the Hindi version. But his declining health made him out of the film.
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