The film was previously titled Pratibimb.
Ajay Devgan Urmila and Akshay Khanna's Deewange released a week later which became a hit at box office forcing Hatyaar to be removed from the theaters.
Shilpa Shetty and Resham Tipnis played friends again after Baazigar.
The film was sequel to blockbuster Vaastav.
Sanjay Dutt's second film with the same name earlier being in 1989 with Rishhi Kapoor, Dharmendra, Sangita Bijlani and Amruta Singh.