The film faced major stumbling blocks and obstacles on its way before a critical court proceeding turned out to be a moral booster in the penultimate moment.
[7] Justice G. Jayachandran made the landmark judgement insisting the importance of providing security clearance to screen the film in across several theatres in Tamil Nadu, although the film had never developed a major hype among the audience due to less popular cast members being roped in for the production venture.
[8] The film garnered severe backlash and condemnation from general public for portraying a storytelling with a contradicting biased narrative about relationships.
Ranjith's narrow minded sentiments and attitudes created a stir in social media with netizens describing about the double standards and hypocrisy of Ranjith, as he himself has engaged in a fake dramatic romance by dating actress Priya Raman during the film shooting of Nesam Pudhusu and the couple got married before getting separated due to personal reasons.
[9] Critics indicated Ranjith may have thought of making a film based on caste just to get into politics and to intentionally create controversies in order to gain much needed publicity since he has largely been ignored by Kollywood industry, considering his character and backward minded personality.