Casting:
While doing the film Kshanakshanam, we had already chosen Chakravarthy, Chinna and Jayasudha for the film, but for the role of Jayasudha's husband, we first though of Dasari Narayana Rao gaaru, and Varma also agreed for that. Later though, I thought that it may not be a good idea as people might think that it was he who directed the film and not me. I was also scared that I might not able to handle the legendary director-actor! So, we dropped that idea and thought of casting Balasubrahmanyam; Varma even spoke to him and Balu readily agreed to do it, but then Varma said that Balu might have thought that he (Ramu) would direct the film and that he might get upset if he knows that it's a debutant. When Balu actually said the same, we dropped that idea too! I liked Paresh in Kshanakshanam and booked him for the role finally.

 For the role of the young female lead, we thought of Kaveri, daughter of the Advocate General in Chennai. (She recently did a character role in Sree Ramadasu). It didn't work out though, and it was Boney Kapoor who suggested Renuka Sahani as he liked her smile in the then-popular TV program Surabhi. (Boney Kapoor and Varma were a team for Raatri at that time.) I watched the program too, and with the help of Boney Kapoor we contacted her and she signed the film immediately. She came four days before the shooting and wrote all her dialogues in Hindi and practiced well. She was really co-operative all through...

Music:
Initially, M.M. Keeravaani gaaru was supposed to do the film. As he worked for Kshanakshanam, Ramu wanted Keeravaani gaaru for Raatri and Money. We even made an agreement for both the movies, and Keeravaani gaaru composed two songs ( bhadram, be careful, brother-U!... and chakravarthikii veethi bicchagattekii...) too. But, after Raatri completed, Keeravaani gaaru saw the rushes and said he was not comfortable doing music for a horror film as he would get distrubed in the sleep when he watches such films!

Ramu was upset with him, and took in Mani Sarma to work for Raatri. Mani Sarma was then a busy keyboard player, earning at least five to ten thousand rupees per shift, and thus he said he was too busy to work on my film also. Srinivas Murthy gaaru was the conductor for many top music directors at that time. So, I went and asked him for music, he readily agreed. The song bhadram, be careful, brother-U!... was actually a song between Chakravarthy and Chinna, and we even shot it that way. Later, we changed it to Paresh Rawal, Uttej, and others.

Making:
After KshanKshanam, Ramu started Raatri and Money at the same time, but Paresh met with an accident and we were not able to shoot for three months. The film was started in 1990 and was released in 1993. By then, Ramu's Raatri and Antham were completed, but both films flopped. Thus, Money was in a trouble for money! Finally, Ramu arranged finance through his sources, and we completed the film. The film came out to be only 9000 feet, which is very short and Ramu felt that we need to add some more content. That was when Khan Dada got added. I approached Brahmanandam and completed his shooting in just three days!

Even then, the film was only 2 hours 10 minutes long! After finishing the film, we didn't have the money to release the film from the labs, and it was lying there for the next six months! ...While waiting for the film's release, I worked with Ramu for Antham, Raatri, and even Gaayam. I also worked for five days for the film Akka Mogudu for Kranthi Kumar gaaru as he needed an assistant in an emergency!