 Nitish Bharadwaj was chosen by B R Chopra, Ravi Chopra, (screenplay writer) Pandit Narendra Sharma and (dialogue writer) Rahi Masoom Raza, to play the central role of Krishna, at the age of 23.Initially, he was chosen for playing Vidur.But Virendra Razdan was cast for it as BR Chopra considered Bharadwaj young to play the role.