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
Mamta Kulkarni was not happy with the film. She claimed what was narrated to her was not shot.
Akshay Kumar's first south film, he later worked for the second time in Shankar's Sci fi action 2.0 Co starring Rajnikanth
Alternately shot in Kannada as Vishnu-Vijaya.
One of the Ramsay Brother, Keshu Ramsay, made this non-horror film. This was one of the earlier Akshay Kumar film.