[1][2] Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana from Rediff.com scored the film at 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "B C Patil's 'special role' was much talked about but it is a big let-down.
Kishore is talented, no doubt, but not as good as he can be, while Nivedita, who has great potential, is confined to strutting around in half-sarees.
[3] A critic from The New Indian Express wrote "Niranjan Babu has done an excellent job behind the camera.
As far as performance of other artistes is concerned, Nagathihalli Chandrasekhar has provided good support while Sanketh Kashi has done neat job as a drunkard.
Action thrillers in Kannada in the mould of Hollywood movies were best done by Sunil Kumar Desai.