Govind Nihalani made this film as commercial but also kept his style of cinema while making this film and he kept proper balance.
The song "Rang De" was used in the Hollywood movie "Accidental Husband".
Thakshak was Rahul Bose first commercial Hindi movie.
Manoj Bajpayee was signed for a role but opted out when Ram Gopal Verma requested him not to sign any small role's during the shooting of Satya.
"Toofan Ki Raat's" first two lines were sampled by Paula Abdul's for the first two lines for her song "My Love Is For Real".