Mamta Kulkarni was not happy with the film. She claimed what was narrated to her was not shot.
Akshay Kumar, after the death of Vishnuvardhan, said "We did a Hindi and a Kannada version of Ashaant. The Kannada version was a super hit. The Hindi version was a flop. I realized Vishnuji was a much bigger star than I could ever be
Enigma song Mea Culpa (Platinum Version) was the inspiration for the Vishwatma title music. The movie Ashaant also used the same song for the title sequence.
Akshay Kumar's first south film, he later worked for the second time in Shankar's Sci fi action 2.0 Co starring Rajnikanth
Remake of Hollywood movie Black Rain starring Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia