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.
Singer Sukhwinder Singh got the opportunity to write the lyrics for two songs in this film when lyricist Mehboob did not show up on time and A.R. Rahman asked Sukhwinder if he could step in.
The film had a theatrical release in Canada.