[2] The film received positive reviews from critics worldwide.
In the afterword to his book The Master Carpenter, author M. T. Vasudevan Nair wrote that Ajayan first approached him for a screenplay of his story Manikkakkallu.
[4] In the end of the afterword, M. T. thanks Ajayan for persuading him to write the screenplay for Perumthachan.
[5] Ajayan was the eldest son of film director and playwright Thoppil Bhasi.
He started as a camera assistant and later worked as an associate director with Thoppil Bhasi, Bharathan, and Padmarajan.