impact on commercial cinema, the film was remade in multiple languages, in  Tamil  as  Pokkiri  (2007) directed by  Prabhu Deva  and in  Hindi cinema  as  Wanted  (2009). It was again remade in  Kannada cinema  as  Porki  (2010). The film was screened at the  IIFA  film festival held in  Dubai  in 2006.