Naveen Mayur, Sihi Kahi Chandru, Kashi, Umashree and Vanishree feature in supporting roles.

When Sudeep is rushing to see off his lover at the Ooty railway station, he accidentally knocks an unknown young woman, Radha (Sudha Rani), onto the path of a moving train.

Filming took place for a period of 99 days in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Darjeeling, Ooty, Kushalnagar and Chikmagalur.

Rekha comes across as rather wooden, while Sudeep certainly has the chocolate box good looks that his role calls for, but fails to deliver any powerful histrionics."

Adding to it, she rated the music highly before concluding writing, " If only the stars had had more charisma or talent, this film by Desai might have made him even better remembered than his past ventures.

"[6] The reviewer for Screen felt that it was a "touching, gripping, captivating and worth-watching film only for the last half an hour."

They called the music "pleasant to the ears with three songs scored melodiously", editing "jerky" and that the "cinematography by Venu is the high point of the film".

[7] Indiainfo.com gave the film a negative review and called it "one of those yawn-inducing sagas of unending sacrifices which border on the ridiculous."

[8] Telugucinema.com reviewing the Telugu-dubbed version wrote, "The subject was sensitively handled by the director sunil kumar desai".