Tanu (Ramya) is a depressed girl who comes to Bangalore to live with her friend (Anu) and to find a new life.

V. Sridhar composed the film's background score and music for its soundtrack, who also wrote the lyrics for three tracks; Kaviraj, Revanna, V. Manohar, Bhaskar Gubbi and Ram Narayan wrote lyrics for one track each.

[3] A critic from Sify wrote that "Debutant director Mahesh has shown high degree of skill and his concern towards the social issues is clearly evident.

He has banked on the emotions, a bit of comedy, good music and cinematography to invite the audience to the theatres".

[5] 56th Filmfare Awards South :- Mussanje Maatu has been remade in Bengali unofficially with the name Achena Prem (2011).