 Upon its release, the film received positive reviews and was a "Super Hit" at the box office.The film was also dubbed into Tamil as Pokkiri Mappilai.Chiranjeevi plays the dual roles of a Mumbai-based auto driver, Johnny, and an industrialist, Kalyan, who because he was interfering with the plans of the villains, led by Kota Srinivasa Rao, is first temporarily replaced by Johnny, and then framed for the murder of Kalyan's trusted employee, J. V. Somayajulu.