Filmmaker Sanjay LeelaBhansali once revealed that he would want to make changes in his 1996 film Khamoshi: The Musical. He recalled that he was unhappy with a particular cast member. He added that the person had left him 'quite traumatised and harassed'.

Sanjay LeelaBhansali made his directorial debut with the musical romantic drama Khamoshi: The Musical. The film starred Salman Khan, Manisha Koirala, Nana Patekar and Seema Biswas, among others. The music for the film was composed by Jatin–Lalit and it had lyrics by MajroohSultanpuri.

In an interview with a leading daily in 2015, Sanjay Leela Bhansali had said, "I would change Khamoshi, I was unhappy with a particular person in the cast (not Salman Khan, Manisha Koirala or SeemaBiswas); I was quite traumatised and harassed. However, a lot of people think that was my best work as it was pure and not corrupt. I wasn’t anybody back then, so they thought I wasn’t indulging, but I was terribly upset. I think I didn’t make any mistake in Black. There was one mistake in Devdas, but I won’t ever tell anyone what it was."

On being asked why he stopped answering calls on the Friday of his releases since Khamoshi, Sanjay had said, "I struggled to put together a huge star cast for my first film. On the day of the release, I was informed, 'Picture baithgayihai'. At first, I didn’t know what that meant, then it hit me and I was devastated. Those words have stayed with me. They came back to haunt me with Saawariya. But by then I was tougher, and I realised that your film can collapse, but your idea can’t collapse, based on others’ opinions. From Guzaarish onwards, I have started answering calls. But on such Fridays, I tell people, 'Don’t call me'. The scars still remain."