sentences:  While Suresh Kavirayani of "Deccan Chronicle" opined that Sukumar "fails to deliver" and the story is "run of the mill", Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of "The Hindu" stated, "Habitual to watching films that begin with a great premise only to fall into the commercial trap of force-fit comic situations, it comes as a relief when Sukumar laces the psychological thriller with subtle wit that never takes the focus away from the plot".