The name of Kamal Haasan's character in the film is Sakthivelu, the same as his in Nayakan. Both these films were India's official entries to the Oscars for Best Foreign Film in 1987 and 1992 respectively.
This movie won five National Award, Special jury award for Sivaji Ganesan, best supporting actress for Revathy, best female playback singer for S.Janaki, best audiography for N.Pandu Rangan and best feature film award got by producer Kamal haasan.
N. Linguswamy, Mysskin, Gautham Menon, S. J. Surya, A. R. Murugadoss and Karthi called Thevar Magan as their favourite film.
Was remade in Hindi as Virasat by Priyadarshan starring Anil Kapoor in Kamal Hassan role.
The song "Inji Iduppazhaga" was listed by Behindwoods among other songs in its list "Kamal's unforgettable songs".