"[3] Kabir said in an interview with The Telegraph that it was to be released in 2005, coinciding with Geeta's 75th birth anniversary, however, the elaborate designing process and the poor condition of the letters, made it was postponed to the next year.

[5] Indrajit Hazra from the Hindustan Times wrote, "Guru Dutt's handwriting, jumping off the pages in clear larger-than-reputation size and colour, seems to be as much part of the director's oeuvre.

"[6] The Tribune's Ambika Sharma believed the book "reflects the true Guru Dutt and provides us with an insight into his turbulent life.

"[8] The critic and social commentator Ziya Us Salam declared that Kabir "has just walked down the anonymity lane",[9] and Ajit Duara, who wrote for The Hindu called the publication a "elegantly-produced book", further mentioning that the letters are also important addition of biographical material on Dutt.

[10] Reviewing the book for Outlook magazine, the academic Shiv Visvanathan referred to it as a "beautifully-produced collection" and praised the footnotes on every letters as "a piece of scholarship".