[1][2] It was directed by the world's then-youngest film director, Guinness Record Holder Kishan Shrikanth.

[3] It was dubbed into other Indian languages including Hindi, Oriya, Malayalam, Bengali, and Tamil as well as English.

Some school students call him an uneducated brute, which gives him the impetus to get educated.

[7] R. G. Vijayasarathy of Rediff.com wrote that "The bottom line: Care Of Footpath is certainly much better than the predictable Kannada films that are released every week".

[6] Reviewing the Tamil dubbed version titled Sadhanai in 2007, Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote that "it's commendable that Kishen has managed to give a warm, feel good film with a clear, socially relevant message".