 Director Teja in an interview said "We made Nijam in a budget of 6.5 cr INR; We sold audio rights for 2 cr INR and movie initially were sold for a total of 26 cr INR.In total, we made a profit of 5-6 cr INR and Nijam was not a flop".He corroborated the same in an interview with The Hindu "I worked with Mahesh after he had a flop called Bobby; but Nijam released after Okkadu and people drew comparisons.