Years pass and he hopes that she has married someone else and leads a peaceful life until he accidentally meets her in a brothel.

After some convincing by the brothel madame and Rajasekaran accepting his guilt instead of defending himself, she chooses to forgive and he adopts her as his daughter.

[5] S. Shivakumar of Mid-Day appreciated Sripriya for giving a "remarkably studied performance" and that she "sometimes steals scenes from the great thespian himself".

[6] Manjula Ramesh of Kalki felt Ganesan and Sripriya were wasted in this weightless plot but praised the cinematography and musical score.

[7] S. Jayakrishnan, writing for New Sunday Times, praised the performances of Ganesan and Sripriya, but criticised the director for "bogging down the movie in its initial stages with trivia", while appreciating the technical aspects such as photography.