Reception
The film was released theatrically in India in April 2004. Poongothai, the female lead was criticized heavily while Karthik Kumar, the male lead received rave reviews for his performance in the film. Malathi Rangarajan of Hindu writing, " is a clear let down ... At least she could have worked on her expressions, particularly in the first half."
The review also noted that, the screenplay was not so impressive and could have made the original story more insightful. However, the soundtrack received positive response with the song "Uyirae" being much appreciated for its music and visual theme. After six months, digital colour correction was added which further improved the visual quality of the picture and the film was re-released in November 2004.
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