 Likewise Sify added the film was "like a saccharine coated candy floss champion that is superbly packaged" and The Hindu stated "Raja has a way of making remakes successful".The venture went on to become profitable, and scored the third straight success for the actor-director duo.He was then signed on by Gemini Film Circuit to remake Rajkumar Hirani's Hindi film "Lage Raho Munna Bhai" (2006) into Tamil, but the project failed to materialise.