Chosen as the official entry for the Oscars from India for the year, though it didn't get nominated.
Graphic designer Venky noted that Indian was his most difficult project to date (in 1997) with a scene constructed to feature Kamal Haasan's character alongside freedom fighter, Subhas Chandra Bose. Venky had to remove blemishes on the film reel of Bose provided by the Film Division's archive before merging Kamal Haasan on to the shot to make it appear that the pair were marching in tandem.
It was the most expensive Indian film made then.
The film won three national award's with Kamal Hassan wining several best actor awards for the film.
Hollywood makeup artist Michael Westmore worked on older look of Kamal Hassan.