Rishi Kapoor had initially refused the film and even though Yash Chopra spent a lot of time explaining the importance of the project Kapoor remained stubborn. Chopra had no appropriate option for Rishi and went to Shashi Kapoor to help him. Shashi Kapoor asked Chopra to plan his schedule and promised to bring Rishi Kapoor to the sets, he did and Chopra for the first few days only shot with Rishi Kapoor so that incase Rishi changed his mind again he could not leave the film.
To be continued
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