 The film opened to mixed reviews in September 2005, with Sify.com labelling it as "adult entertainment" though added he "tries hard to bring his character Shiva to life but has to go miles as far as dialogue delivery and voice modulation goes but has improved leaps and bound on the dancing front".The film became his fourth consecutive commercial success in Tamil films, with Surya adamant on thanking his crew for helping get through the controversies, labeling that "team effort" helped them overcome the problems.Surya began pre-production work on a directorial venture, "Aezhumazhai vs Chitra", a romantic comedy starring Silambarasan and Asin, in January 2005 and the team released images taken from a promotional photo shoot.