Hrithik told in an interview that while fighting with Sanjay Dutt he was really injured and his acting in the end was real.

Due to the look of Sanjay Dutt's character being very dark and sinister, there was a lot of interest in the movie before its release. However post the release of Agneepath, it was Rishi Kapoor who got lauded for his great performance as a negative chracter for the first time. Rishi Kapoor's performance was highly acclaimed , even more so than the lead actor Hrithik Roshan's.

In Sanjay Dutt's 30 years career, this is the first time he appeared bald in a film.

Rishi Kapoor wasn't keen to play the negative character of Rauf Lala as he hadn't played such a role in his career of 38 years but producer Karan Johar and director Karan Malhotra showed confidence in him and assured him that he can do it.

The film was an official remake of the original Agneepath but several things were changed, like the backdrop of drugs was introduced, the reason for the death of Vijay's father was changed, Mithun's character was done away with, and Rishi Kapoor's new character was introduced.