Amazon prime released the trailer of coolie no 1 on YouTube on November 28 but disabled the dislike button fearing similar backlash from viewers as seen for other ventures with star kids like sadak 2, Gunjan saxena, Khaali peeli etc
In an effort to be environmentally friendly, the cast and crew used steel water bottles, instead of plastic, a move that was also appreciated by the Indian Prime Minister at the time, Narendra Modi.
Shikha Talsania's father, the legendary comedy actor Tiku, played the police officer in the original Coolie No. 1.
To reprise the character of Mithun Chakraborty.Varun Dhawan took help of Jhonny Lever.
Javed Jaffrey who dubbed as a Hindi commentator for Takeshi's Castle used the accent for Paresh Rawal's Singapore character.