Shahid Kapoor was originally cast as Babli, but later dropped out of the film.
Rishi kapur ane Nitu kapur are also couple in real life.
The film was highly anticipated as Ranbir Kapoor was sharing screen with his real life Parents Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh but it still didn't do well at the box office and received Negative reviews from the critics
Ranbir Kapoor called the movie as his Dabangg in an interview. Both Dabangg and Besharam were directed by Abhinav Kashyap, and the actor potraying Sonakshi's brother in Dabangg potrays Ranbir's friend in this film