 Due to Amitabh's illness and his commitments to other movies, the start of "Shahenshah's" shooting was delayed until 1985.By this time, the main heroine of the film, Dimple Kapadia, was replaced by Meenakshi Sheshadri.The now iconic costume that Amitabh donned in this movie weighed almost 18 kg, and despite his illness, Amitabh insisted on wearing the costume in all of his fight scenes.