Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan famously turned down the role of Major Suraj Singh Rathod.
This movie marked Ashutosh Rana's debut.The film is a remake of the 1996 Hollywood film Eye for an Eye.The film won lead actress Kajol, who was seen in the double role of twin sisters multiple awards.Due to Kajol's unavailability, Mona Ghosh Shetty completed the dubbing for her in some parts of the film.Jas Arora, who made his debut in Dev Anand's Main Solah Baras Ki (1998) played one of the leads in Dushman.Sharad Kapoor, who had earlier played the villain in Mahesh Bhatt's 1996 movie, Dastak, was the first choice for Jas Arora's role.This was the first time Sanjay Dutt played the role of a blind man.Cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar was first signed for Sanjay Dutt's role, but later opted out.Mukul Dev was signed for the film, but was later replaced by debutant Ashutosh Rana.Writer Kamna Chandra's daughter, Tanuja Chandra, made her directorial debut with Dushman..Tanuja Chandra recently directed Qarib Qarib Singlle (2017), starring Irrfan Khan and Parvathy.After the success of Dil To Pagaal Hai (1997), music composer Uttam Singh. was signed for DushmanAll three leads, Kajol, Sanjay Dutt, and Ashutosh Rana were greatly appreciated for their roles.Anand Bakshi penned the lyrics for all the songs in the movie.Ajay Devgan was also offered the lead role at one point of time.Kunal Khemu was seen as a child actor in the movie.While Sachin Bhowmick is credited for Dushman's story, Mahesh Bhatt is credited for the screenplay and Girish Dhamija for the dialogues.Bobby Deol and Arbaaz Khan were also offered Sanjay Dutt's role at some point.Manoj Bajpai was signed for a role in the film, but later was dropped.Shehzaad Saeed was first signed for the villain's role, but was later dropped.The movie was produced by Mukesh Bhatt and Pooja Bhatt.Tanvi Azmi was nominated for Best Supporting actress in many awards that year.Lata Mangeshkar sang all the female lyrics in the movie.The film had cinematography by Nirmal Jani.The film, made on a budget of 4 crores (equivalent to 15 crores in 2019) collected 23.7 crores (equivalent to 86 crores in 2019) at the box-office.Here are a few more memorable snapshots from the movie...