 The film went on to win the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment the following year.Furthermore, the success of the film led to two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, winning Best Film for Ravichandran and Best Director for Vikraman.The film was remade in Telugu as "Maa Annayya" with Rajasekhar in the title roles, while a Kannada version "Yejamana" featured Vishnuvardhan, Radha Bharathi who directed Prashanth's debut film "Vaigasi Poranthachu" has directed the Kannada version along with Sheshadri.