 The directors initial plan was to hire all the main actors with  names starting with alphabet A. Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan,  Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai, Atul Kulkarni, Amrish Puri and Akshaye  Khanna. However, Akshaye Khanna dropped out and was replaced with  Tushhar Kapoor on short notice (hence the odd one out).