Despite originally opening to a mixed response, it attained cult status in Telugu cinema, and was remade in the same language as Babai Abbai (1985).

Syam, guided by Rama Rao, spends the money on various activities, including horse racing, gambling, theatre plays, and building a house.

Vaddante Dabbu was adapted from George Barr McCutcheon's English-language novel Brewster's Millions (1902),[1] and was among the earliest screwball comedies of Telugu cinema.

[6] Regarding the Telugu version, a critic from Zamin Ryot wrote that there is no need to be poor with the knowledge of the world, but Syam is portrayed as a dunce.

[7] Despite originally opening to a mixed response, the Telugu version attained cult status, and was remade in the same language as Babai Abbai (1985).