 It was dubbed as a setback for Chiranjeevi who had starred in a streak of successful films such as "Pasivadi Pranam", "Swayamkrushi", "Jebu Donga" (all released in 1987) and "Manchi Donga" (1988).Babu considered "Rudraveena" a spiritually awakening film personally and felt that a book could be written about it.The film was remade into Tamil as "Unnal Mudiyum Thambi" in the same year by Balachander himself, with Kamal Haasan reprising Chiranjeevi's role, while Ganesan reprised his role.