Filmmaker Suneel Darshan reveals Akshay Kumar was not the original lead for Jaanwar. The film initially considered Sunny Deol and Ajay Devgn before casting Akshay during his career slump.

“Jaanwar was not written for Akshay,” he stated plainly. “The film was originally planned with Sunny Deol. We were nearly set to go ahead when we had a fallout over some very ugly issues.