Film selected as India's Choice for Official Entry to the Oscars in the Best Foreign Film Category. Blockbuster among 1992 Deepavali releases and completed 175-days run at the box office, Won 5 National Awards, Dubbed into Telugu under the title Kshatriya Putrudu, later remade into the Hindi film Virasat by Priyadarshan and in Kannada as Thandege Thakka Maga by S. Mahendar.