For the titular role of Sarpanch, Kulbhushan Kharbanda was approached but things did not work out with him.
A film distributor suggested Yash Sharma's name and eventually, he was signed. For the son's role, initially, Satish Kaul was approached but it finally fell into Yogesh Chabra. -Jhinger
Veerendra told Preeti Sapru that he has a guest appearance for her in his film. Since he required her to shoot for few days only she accepted the offer. Because in such a short period of time Varinder shot Preeti's all the scenes and songs and she realised it much later that she was actually the leading actress of the film!"
Late Shammi famously known as Shammi Aunty had already worked with Veerendra in Lambardarni. Shammi, in the role of the wicked mother in law, would remove her spectacles in every scene, which was a sort of style presentation of a vamp.
Bharti had written the detailed screenplay of the film after which he was told by Veerendra that a foreigner named Diana was keen to work in the film. Veerendra wanted to give her the role opposite Mehar Mittal. So Bharti included those comical sequences with them later