In the Telugu film "Dubai Seenu" (2007), Seenu (Ravi Teja) plays a prank on inspector (Sayaji Shinde) by calling every women and singing "Oka Maaru" (Oru Maalai) and also getting him beaten black and blue. In "Pokkiri" (2007), Body Soda (Vadivelu) imagines himself dancing for the song "Suttum Vizhi" with Sruthi (Asin). In the 2014 Kannada film "Kwatle Satisha", a remake of Tamil film "Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom" (2012), the first look poster featured the film's actor Sathish Ninasam in the look inspired from "Ghajini".