Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "Soorarai Pottru" natara nyocha dị mma site n'aka ndị nkatọ, bụ ndị toro akụkụ ndị isi nke ihe nkiri ahụ, ebe ha na-enwe ekele maka arụmọrụ Suriya na nduzi Sudha. A họpụtara ya dịka otu n'ime ihe nkiri iri ndị India ka a ga-egosi n'okpuru ụdị ihe nkiri mba ofesi kacha mma na Golden Globe Awards nke 78. E mere ka ihe nkiri ahụ dị maka ngosipụta na
93rd Academy Awards, mana a họpụtaghị ya. Ihe nkiri ahụ banyekwara na ngalaba Panorama nke Shanghai International Film Festival. Ọ bụ ugbu a ihe nkiri nke atọ kachasị elu na IMDb ma nwee ọkwa nke 9.1, naanị n'azụ "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994) na "The Godfather" (1972).