Arjun Rampal has previously revealed that he was initially signed to play Karan Singhania in Rang De Basanti but walked away after shooting for a few days. On Koffee with Karan, the actor described director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra as “very confused”

As Randeep Hooda and Celina Jaitly join Arjun Naga, director Anil Sharma shares his plan of making the period action drama in four instalments. The film revolves around the Dubai oil rush in the 1960s