Sify wrote "Sathyaraj's Adithadi starts off as a rollkicking comedy that peters out towards the end. It is a black comedy, a movie that makes light of serious and usually morbid situations with their own level of hilarity and cleverness".
The Hindu wrote "You could double up in laughter, guffaw at the hero's audacity or wrinkle your nose in disgust at certain points, but surely you cannot ignore the film that reminds you so much of the `villainous' Satyaraj of yore."
Chennai Online wrote "This picture makes no pretence about being anything other than what it is. A not-to-be-taken-seriously, unpretentious entertainer, hilarious at most times, an irreverent take-off on films depicting local 'dadas' and their ilk, the film is seen through the eyes of a 50-something local don, who falls in love with a teenager, and for once finds himself at a loss on how to go about it". G. Ulaganathan of
Deccan Herald wrote "Director Shivraj begins well and what begins as a comedy somewhere midway becomes a little serious". The relative success of the film prompted Shivraj and Sathyaraj to team up again for a film titled
Devuda on fake godmen, though it was later shelved. Soon after, Shivraj began making
Enakke Enakka with a new cast, but it was also cancelled. == References ==