The main actors in this film are Muhammad Hamidah, 'Umaru Sa'ad, Ghadah 'Abd Al-Raziq, Haifa Wehbe, 'Umru 'Abd Al-Jalil, Tariq 'Abd Al-'Aziz, and 'Abd Al-Aziz Makhyoun.

Khalid Youssef alleged that there was a dirty plot to limit the film's financial success.

Despite getting financial success in theatres, many of them withdrew Dokkan Shehata, supposedly to show other films such as Al-Farah (The Wedding Party) and Bobbos.

The film also was reported by a number of commentators to have predicted the Egyptian revolution of 2011 [1] In the first three weeks after its release, Dokkan Shehata grossed E£9 million in revenues.

[1] It was second to Omar & Salma starring Tamer Hosny and Mai Ezzeddine, which grossed E£13 million.