 The film enjoyed a moderate success, scoring over Vijay's "Aathi", which also released in the same week, at the box office.Critics from The Hindu stated that Ajith looked "trim and taut" in the film with "only his eyes seeming to have lost some of its sparkle", following the major weight loss.Furthermore, for "Paramasivan" and his two other projects in 2006, Ajith sported long hair, which was being grown for Bala's project "Naan Kadavul", which Ajith eventually opted out of.