 There is no story in this film, but it runs with a neat screenplay", adding "he has done an extraordinary job as screenplay writer".He made a third version of the film, "Khushi" (2003) in Hindi, for producer Boney Kapoor, with Fardeen Khan and Kareena Kapoor in the lead roles.In comparison to the other two versions, the film received negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office, with a critic writing "plenty of Suryah's scenes are also somewhat contrived, in the vein of those eighties family pot-boilers.