 Talpade, who previously featured as the title character in Kukunoor's "Iqbal" (2005), observed the "bahuroopiyas" in Rajasthan and incorporated their dialect, accent, and their body language for his character.About Kukunoor, he said that, "though one tends to go overboard as an actor most of the times, the way he handles the character as a director, Nagesh makes you feel that it is very simple for you to delineate the character.