Besides Anand, the film stars Vasu, Naveen Krishna, Petrol Prasanna, Harshika Poonacha and Namratha Hegde in the lead roles.
[1] It is a remake of Hindi film Darwaaza Bandh Rakho (2006) starring Aftab Shivdasani, Isha Sharvani and Manisha Koirala.
A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote "A case in point is the 'talking God' in the first few scenes — totally disconnected to the rest of the film.
[3] Sunayana Suresh from DNA wrote " Vasu, Naveen Krishna, Master Anand, Petrol Prasanna and Namrata — hatching a kidnap plan for quick money, a take on many gangster flicks like Kaante and Plan.
'5 Idiots' is eminently watchable if you can laugh at even illogical and poorly-written lengthier sequences".