It had Raj Kiran and Deepti Naval as leads and debutant Nikhil Bhagat.
[5] A computer engineer named Sandeep Chowdhary (Raj Kiran) is waiting to start his first job, so he takes up a temporary job as a sports instructor in a school at Ranchi, where he encounters an apathetic school principal (Ram Gopal Bajaj) and develops a relationship with a history teacher named Anuradha Roy (Deepti Naval).
Prakash Jha was trying to raise funds for Damul (which he made next year), but failed to find financiers because of its bold subject matter.
[4] Shetty liked the idea of a sports film and with a proposed cast that included Anil Kapoor and Shabana Azmi, Jha was ready to make it.
But 25 days before the principal photography was to begin, Anil Kapoor backed out and Azmi followed suit.