Kannamma (film)

Rediff.com wrote that "It is quite obvious that the director has not updated himself on how films are made today, in 2005. This film may have worked if it were made in the early 1960s".^[7] Sify wrote "So much was expected out of the film but sadly this amateurish attempt of director SS Baba Vikram made the film look like a B grade ‘masala’ flick with item numbers devoid of any cinematic qualities. DMK cadres are sure to be disappointed that there are not enough punchline dialogues and the film is too dry and dull to absorb for nearly 150 minutes".^[8]

Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote, "It's amteurish [sic] work from scene one to the last scene, with hardly anything commendable about it. But one has to accept that here at least Kalaignar Karunanidhi's script and dialogue and Baba's narration move in tandem, matching perfectly well as the story moves through it's [sic] dreary journey!".^[9] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote, "FOR THOSE who savour M. Karunanidhi's proficiency in the Tamil language, as evinced in his dialogue for films for more than five decades now, Baba Cine Films' "Kalaignarin Kannamma," (U), directed by Baba Vikram should prove a nostalgic trip. The play on words, imagery and alliterations that fall in place so spontaneously are a treat for the philologist".^[10] The film bombed at the box-office.^[11]

• Kannamma at IMDb