 In May 2012, Radhika Rajamani of Rediff.com mentioned "Devadasu" for the letter D in her list, "The A to Z of Telugu Cinema".During a programme titled "Telugu Cinema Prasthanam" organised by the film society of Vishakhapatnam, writer and actor Ravi Kondala Rao placed "Devadasu" among other Telugu films like "Raja Harishchandra" (1913), "Bhakta Prahlada" (1932), "Mala Pilla" (1938), "Pathala Bhairavi" (1951) and "Lava Kusa" (1963) during a speech on the role of Telugu cinema in the hundred years of Indian cinema.In April 2013, CNN-News18 included the film in its list of "100 greatest Indian films of all time".