sentences:  While the movie was the first foray for Bapu/Ramana combination into pure commercial cinema, it was praised for still having the Bapu/Ramana touch.The movie became a rage among youth, especially the college scenes and the songs endeared the youth of Andhra to the movie.The movie would have done even better had it not released a week after "Khaidi", which was breaking all kinds of industry records at that time.