 Chitrasutram featured in various festivals around the world including Goteborg, Vladivostok, Copenhagen, Kerala, São Paulo, SAIFF, New York, Summer Institute in Film at York University.The film won four Kerala state film awards and one national film awards.It won the Hassankutty award for the best debut film at IFFK, Kerala, apart from the Padmarajan Puraskaram for best film and screenplay, and a special mention, John Abraham national awards.