"Apoorva Raagangal" has been referenced in other Rajinikanth films. In "Athisaya Piravi" (1990), Yama (Vinu Chakravarthy) has to restore Kaalai (Rajinikanth) to life by putting him in the body of a lookalike. He shows him numerous alternatives, one of which is Pandiyan from "Apoorva Raagangal"; Kaalai refuses after learning that Pandiyan is going to die of blood cancer. In "Petta" (2019), Kaali (Rajinikanth) opens the gates to a house in a scene that director Karthik Subbaraj confirmed was inspired by Pandiyan's first scene in "Apoorva Raagangal".