Producer Mahesh Bhatt said that initially, he wanted to name the movie 'Kalyug 2' but that both Kunal Khemu and Director Vishal Mahadkar strongly opposed him as they wanted an original title and not the title of some franchise. finally, he understood their point and conceded to their opinions. Bhatt also said that though the structure of 'Blood Money' is somewhat similar to 'Kalyug' in the sense that the latter deals with a young man locking horns with the porn industry whereas the former deals with a youth locking horns with the diamond mafia industry.