Helen plays the same role which she played in the Hindi version Don. In this film, her character name is Reena.
This is the dubbed Hindi movie of Tamil movie "Billa". Billa was a remake of Amitabh's movie Don. Main Inteqam Loonga was dubbed in Hindi years later in the 2000's.
Several footage were used from the Hindi movie Don such as the car chase between Don and the Police and when Don gets shot at the back and jumps to the river.
Rajnikanth's voice is dubbed by a dubbing artiste.
Actress Jayalalitha J was initially offered the female lead role. However she turned down the offer as she decided to quit her film career in view of joining politics.