Filmmaker Anurag Basu revealed that he and Ranbir Kapoor wanted to collaborate with each other, and he also offered Ranbir Kishore Kumar's biopic, but he had to choose between it and Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana. "It was a really tough one for him...was a...difficult decision. In the end, he chose Ramayana, and I think it was the right call," said Anurag.