[2] The central storyline revolves around a young girl, Deveeri, who has lost her parents and struggles to care for her younger brother.
He further wrote, "Popular elements have been accommodated into the scheme of things to pander suit to the puerile tastes of to rake in the moolah, with the result the film is stretched a wee long, while, a more aesthetic screenplay would have taken the film to newer realms of novella vogue cinema."
However, he commended the film's background score and wrote, "Music director V Manohar lends ample support to Kavitha with excellent, ear-catching background score, enhancing the melancholic mood to the touching tale."
"[4] Also writing for Deccan Herald, Aravind Gowda called the film "an exceptionally well-made movie".
He felt, "The screenplay, the characters and the story-line, all go well together into making Deveeri a good film to watch."