Sanjay Dutt admitted he was hugely inspired by Al Pacino's performance in Scarface (1983) and felt he wanted to bring it alive in his own way in Bollywood.
Sanjay Dutt considers the final scene one of the best scenes done by him. The scene was shot in 2 takes. Two cameras were used, one inside the house and one outside the house.
Sanjay Dutt got a news lease with this film for his fading career,he went on to win the Flimfare best actor for 2000.
In a scene, where Raghu / Sanjay Dutt is faking studying, Dedh Footiya / Sanjay Narvekar whistles the tunes of the song 'Sapno me milti hai' from the movie Satya (1998). Both movies' (Vaastav and Satya) genre is same (Gangster crime drama) and both were blockbusters at their time and both are considered cult classics in Gangster genre.