the film was sold to ramakrishnan films who did not release well in its first run in spite of best performance and songs as expected. however, in its second run, film was bought by jayaraman pictures for 25000 rs and it did well. randor guy of "the hindu" wrote that the film is remembered for "padmini's and sivaji ganesan's performance, and the classic song ‘koduthavaney'." dhananjayan wrote that the narration was "engaging and excellent with many twist and turns throughout".