Sudhandhiram

Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote, "With a rough, rugged and unkempt look, Arjun does make an impression, but not the kind he created with Mudhalvan. It is mainly because there is not enough clarity in the characterisation", and appreciated Vivek's comedy for limited double entendres, "terrific sense of timing and well conceived humour".^[3] Krishna Chidambaram of Kalki wrote the biggest downfall after the biggest success is the little devil that haunts Arjun for so long, it has continued even after Mudhalvan.^[4] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote "The film is a remake of that successful Hindi film Ghulam. No doubt, it had a well-crafted screenplay and a racy narrative style. But the maker while producing a faithful copy of the screenplay has forgotten that the original's success was also due to other factors".^[5] Dinakaran wrote, "If only had the screenplay been designed and scripted infusing into it still more nativity colour and much more spontaneity the film might have become more enjoyable".^[6]

The film became a commercial failure and prompted a legal tussle between Arjun and Gangadharan soon after regarding non-payment as per contract.^[7] Owing to the success of Mudhalvan in Telugu, the film's dubbing rights were bought in advance of the original release and a Telugu version titled Bose was released alongside the Tamil film.^[8]

• Sudhandhiram at IMDb