 The film told the tale of a milkman who turns into a vigilante, with a human interest story as a backdrop.The film opened to positive reviews and became the third highest grossing Tamil film of 2011.A critic from Behindwoods.com noted "Raja has done a fine job of mixing all the elements that go towards making a mass hero film, though he has lost the balance a bit in the last hour", while Rediff.com noted it is "a masala entertainer that doesn't require you to tax your brain cells".