A remastered version of Nayak has been re-released across Indian theatres on 21 February, and this version can be streamed on ...

Federico Fellini, Akira Kurosawa, Satyajit Ray, François Truffaut, Charlie Chaplin, Bernardo Bertolucci, Orson Welles—the works of all the cinematic greats graced the screen of the Ridge Theatre.

Author Khushwant Singh had lost all hopes of it ever being filmed. Many eminent directors including Satyajit Ray, Akira Kurosawa and Merchant-Ivory had shown an interest. But they backed off.