Raat

The cat jumps behind the rear wheel of Mini's father's car and is accidentally killed as the car reverses. The cat is buried in the back garden without Bunty's knowledge. Bunty finds another cat that eerily resembles the dead one. The scenario of the dead cat returning alive was inspired by Pet Sematary, released in 1991. In the final scene, Bunty can be seen keeping the cat in her room, and the film ends with eerie sounds.

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Om Puri stated that he was upset about his pictures being used in the film's promotion. He felt the audience was misled into believing he played a full role.

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Ramgopa Varma said, "After establishing the crowd in the cinema in a wide shot, I zoomed in on Revathy and asked the crowd to run out of frame. So when I zoomed back out, the theatre was empty."

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Raat was the first Indian film to have its sound recorded live rather than in a studio.

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Michael Jackson's song Bad was used in the film.

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It is the last Indian film shot using 70 mm negative.

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Ramgopal Verma's other horror film Bhoot (2003) had many similarities to this film: the possession of the lead actor, the theatre scene, a brutal murder by a twisted neck, the eerie old woman in the neighbouring house, the psychiatrist trying to help the family, the household help who gives clues about past events in the house, the spirit of a dead person still roaming the house, the tantrik being brought in for help, and the conflict between the psychiatrist and the tantrik.

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It is a remake of Audrey Rose.

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Boney Kapoor offered Raman Kapoor a role in the film. He later stated that he offered him the film because he did not want Sanjay Kapoor to do such a small film as Raat. This upset Raman, and he turned the film down.

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After the film failed, Drohi was given to distributors by Boney Kapoor at a very favourable price.

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A bilingual supernatural film in Hindi and Telugu, it was shot in both languages.

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It is Ram Gopal Verma's first horror film.

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The theatre scene in which Revathi gets scared and runs away was later reused as inspiration in Bhoot (2003), again by Ram Gopal Verma. The neck-twisting scene in the film was also a later trick of Bhoot.

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Om Puri worked with Ram Gopal Verma for the first and last time.

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It is Chinna's only Hindi film.

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The theatre scene was later shot with a similar concept in Bhoot (2003), also directed by Ram Gopal Verma.

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This was actor Akash Khurana's first collaboration with director Ram Gopal Varma. After this, he became a regular in many of his films.

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Manisha is listening to Pebbles' song Girlfriend.

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