Also, Sarahkunjamma is an old lady who works as a sweeper in the bank whose only happy moments come from conversations with Mathai.

In his childhood, he fell in love with another girl named Thresia, but her father disapproves this romance and beats her.

Mathai gets emotionally hurt by this and decides not to be romantic, but his friends tell him to let go off the past and advise him to accept the love he has for Anna.

One day he makes a call to the radio show and talks about his life, philosophy, and love with Sethupathi.

Distraught by all these events, Mathai apologizes to everyone including Anna and suddenly exiles from the place.

The Times of India gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Marconi Mathai is a modern day sermon for love glossed over with fresh paint to look like a fairy tale.

Minus a few sexual innuendos that over the years we've come to pardon Jayaram for, Maarconi Mathaai is a no-brainer, feel-good, family entertainer.

"[4] The Indian Express gave 1 out of 5 starts and wrote, "Maarconi Mathaai feels like a desperate attempt to please the crowd by rehashing old tricks from the how-to-make-a-superficial-feel-good-film book.

"[5] Firstpost gave 0.5 out of 5 and wrote "Marconi Mathai has the air of being a film that thinks it is addressing crucial existential questions.

"[6] Sify rated the movie 1.5 out of 5 and wrote "film lacks a credible script and after a while the story just meanders along without any direction.

"[7] In August 2020, a distribution house named Rasi Media Makers bought the Tamil dubbing rights of the film and made an announcement that their first venture would be with Vijay Sethupathi.

The actor later called out the studio for spreading untrue rumours about him playing the film's lead role.

[8][9] In early 2021, the film was dubbed and partially reshot in Tamil as Kadhal Kathai Sollava?