 "Jayam" opened to mixed reviews, with a critic from The Hindu stating the film gave a sense of "déjà vu" but added that Raja's "treatment is interesting in patches".The film went on to become a surprise success at the box office, and prompted both Raja and Ravi to adopt "Jayam" to their stage names as a prefix, while their home production studio was renamed Jayam Company.Raja then worked with his father and brother on the production of "M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi" (2004), a remake of the Telugu film "Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi" (2003).