Recalling how the idea stayed with him during his prison term in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, Dutt revealed, “In jail, I asked everyone around me who would be interested in watching it. And the 4,000 inmates said they all would.” He added that he even asked inmates to contribute story ideas for the new film. “When I came out on parole, I asked Subhash sir to go through it. After that, he said it should be made,” the actor said.