He wins outshining his very talented and capable son on stage and retires due to the pressure of playing after a long time with such high stakes.

[6][7] Jayamanmadhan of Kalki praised the acting of Sivaji Ganesan, Prabhu, Vijaya, Nambiar and Viswanathan's music.

[8] Initially, the producers, Kalaignanam and T. N. Venkatraman took recordings of earlier mridangam performances from both T. K. Murthy and Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman to decide which one would best suit the role played by Ganesan, leading to a huge conflict with two of the artists narrating each version of their story.

However, according to Tamilaruvi Manian, Ganesan is said to have replicated the mannerism of Murthy and Sivaraman together to get the essence of his character and only those ignorant of the two would call it overacting.

M. G. Ramachandran, then the chief minister, upon his return from the United States, saw a preview of the show and is said to have commented that the only person who can call himself an actor in the whole world was his competitor and rival, Sivaji Ganesan.