Music director and composer Vishal Bhardwaj named his studio Satya Studio, after the film.[1] Satya also gave 24-year-old writer Anurag Kashyap his Bollywood break: "I learnt everything to do with films while working with [Varma] on [Satya] and I still reflect in my movies what I learnt during the making of [the film]."[2] Meghna Gulzar said that in the song "Kallu Mama", she could smell the beer on the character's breath.[7] The film also propelled the career of editor Apurva Asrani, since it was his first.[3] Reviewing Satya 2, critic Paloma Sharma wrote: "Satya 2 is as bad as Satya was good".[84] Satya is also credited for a trend toward Hindi films with no stars, high concepts and low budgets.[85] After seeing the film, Shah Rukh Khan told Chakravathy that if "you want to ruin this film, you should replace yourself with me in it".[7] Amitabh Bachchan called Kashyap with praise.[86] British director Danny Boyle cited Satya as an inspiration for his 2008 Academy Award-winning Slumdog Millionaire.