Bobby Deol won the Best Male actor award.
Twinkle Khanna won the Best Female Début for the film.
Barsaat took a bumper opening when it released in 1995. Most theatre's were house full worldwide the first week it released.
Shekhar Kapur was the original director for the film. He had shot a few scenes in 1991 but due to disinterest he left the film. His scenes were not used.
In 2005 another film of bobby deol came and it was also called barsaat.