The film proved major turning point for Akshay Kumar after this film he had very good success at the box office and also lost the tag of a flop actor.
Akshay won Filmfare Award for Best Villain for his role, his first Filmfare award.
Kareena and Bipasha had lot of catfights during the film.
The climax of the film was shot in Muscat, Dubai & Bahrain on the Indian-owned cruise liner Ocean Majesty.
The second film of Akshay Kumar and Abbas Mastan they worked together after 9 years first being "Khiladi" (1992).