[1] Lakshmy Ramakrishnan announced that her second film would be a road movie featuring a trip from Trichy to Karaikal, which would be shot on the backdrop of a petrol crisis.

[2] Piaa Bajpai was signed on to play a leading role, while Sruthi Hariharan was selected to make her debut in Tamil films.

[8] musicaloud.com gave the album a score of 8 out of 10, calling it "A fine follow-up from Prashanth and Harish aka Madley Blues to their promising debut last year.

MuthukumarIANS gave 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Nerungi Vaa Muthamidathe, which is about the recent petrol and diesel crisis...addresses the subject at hand with unparalleled creativity, without ever getting priggish.

[14] Baradwaj Rangan, writing for The Hindu, stated, "The problem with Nerungi Vaa Muthamidaathe is that all the characters, all the threads don’t always cohere convincingly.

[16] Deccan Chronicle gave 2 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Though Lakshmy’s attempt is laudable, one can’t help but feel that the narration could have been better", adding that "At times the screenplay meanders and drags".

[17]Rediff gave the same rating and wrote, "In just 114 minutes, Lakshmy has touched upon several issues: disastrous inter-caste love affairs, fragile relationships ruined by misunderstandings, the bond between father and son, mother and daughter, and political corruption.