[4] The film was dubbed into Tamil as Ithu Thaanda Police 2.

[7] Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy attended the film's trailer launch as the chief guest.

[12] Sushil Rao of The Times of India rated the film two out of five stars and said that "Killing.

[13] A critic from 123 Telugu said that "Mahankaali is a routine and boring cop saga".

[14] Bojja Kumar of Filmibeat said that the film is only for Rajasekhar fans.