Aditya Srivastav was approached for Prashant' s role. But he felt the role was similar to his role in Shivam Nair's Informer . Uday Chopra was then approached but he needed a week to think about it . This was because he was about to sign another gangster film , Supari.
Remake of Donnie Brasco.
The film did not have a theatrical release in British Columbia, Canada.
Hansal Mehta stated "Prashant Narayanan was never my choice for the gangster with a heart of gold. It was a case of out of sight and out of mind. My initial choice was Aditya Srivastava. Aditya read the synopsis and expressed skepticism about playing this character. It had an uncanny resemblance to another character that he was supposed to portray in Shivam Nair's film Informer. Therein lies another story. When Aditya told me about this uncanny similarity between my film and Shivam's (scripted by Anurag Kashyap) I was a bit perturbed. Shivam was one of those guiding forces in the initial days of many careers including my own. He provided invaluable help and guidance when I made my first film Jayate... I immediately called him and told him that we should read each other's scripts and find out ways to overcome any striking similarities. Shivam asked me not to make the film. I thought that was a ridiculous suggestion. I told him so. We decided to meet soon. The meeting never took place. I have been repeatedly accused of stealing Anurag's script and making it into Chhal. Friends like Abbas Tyrewala who were under this impression realized the truth when they saw Chhal. There was no question of stealing anybody's script. This was Suparn's script and he was not even remotely connected to Anurag or Shivam. These allegations left me quite disillusioned. But that is not the point of this post..."