 Initially, Sonakshi Sinha and Deepika Padukone were rumoured to play leading ladies and Kapoor was finalised to play a leading lady in this film.Neil Nitin Mukesh, Anupam Kher, Armaan Kohli, Deepak Dobriyal, Samaira Rao and Swara Bhaskar were signed to play supporting characters.Amrita Rao was considered to play Khan's half-sister and her role went to Bhaskar.