 The film, which was Sathyaraj's directorial debut, which remains his first and only directorial so far and for whom the film was also his 125th starrer, took a mammoth opening at the box office.It was dubbed in Hindi under the title "Ek Aur Dharmatma" and in Telugu as "Sastry".Meenatchi Sundara Sasthiriyaar (Sathyaraj) is a successful, cunning Brahmin lawyer in the city, and has never lost any case.