Satya was on CNN-IBN's 2013 list of the 100 greatest Indian films of all time,[88] in the 100 Filmfare Days series and on the "70 iconic movies of independent India" list.[89][90] It was mentioned in Rachel Dwyer's 100 Bollywood Films (where she called it a "masterpiece"), and in critic and author Shubhra Gupta's 50 Films That Changed Bollywood, 1995-2015.[91][92]