Things take a turn when he is tasked with a criminal case and decides to fight for justice that changes his life forever.

[4] Sify wrote "This time-tested theme of a comedy-looking guy turning into a righteous person of an incident still has some scope to generate laughs, engage us but the writers' team has employed old tricks to provide comedy.

"[5] Times of India wrote "Tenali Ramakrishna BA BL is a sloppy courtroom drama that tries too hard to be funny.

[6] The Hindu wrote "Barring a couple of bright moments, this is a boring courtroom drama with a middling narrative".

[7] 123Telugu wrote "On the whole, Tenali Rama Krishna is a comedy caper aimed at the target audience of single screens.