Sidharth Malhotra's character preparation for Jabariya Jodi included references and meetings with the head of the groom kidnapping business from Bihar. Speculations are rife that while preparing for his role in the upcoming entertainment Jabariya Jodi, Sidharth Malhotra had been introduced to the leader of the pack of men who are in the groom kidnapping business in Bihar, the concept on which the film is based.

The film is inspired from true events and the characters in the film had to be done with exact precision, for which Sidharth had to observe the lifestyle and the mannerisms of men who are actually in the business of kidnapping men, and selling them to the families of the bride.