 Director Dibakar Banerjee said in an interview that "Parinda" was a game-changer for him.Anurag Kashyap said the first two Indian films which "impacted" him with their violence were "Parinda" and "Shiva" (1990).He said the scene involving a dead body being dumped inside a wood machine, Patekar's character and the fire scene in the climax, had an emotional impact on him.