, ▁Nam ib ia , ▁Malays ia ▁and ▁India ▁and ▁featured ▁ac rob atic ▁st un ts ▁by ▁S uri ya , ▁without ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁a ▁st unt ▁double . ▁Upon ▁release , ▁the ▁film ▁won ▁positive ▁reviews ▁cit ing ▁that ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁a ▁" must ▁watch " ▁and ▁S uri ya ' s ▁performance ▁was ▁yet ▁again ▁acc laimed ▁and ▁he ▁found ▁himself ▁nominated ▁for ▁leading ▁awards ▁and ▁won ▁the ▁V ij ay ▁Award ▁for ▁Entertain er ▁of ▁the ▁Year . ▁The ▁film ' s ▁success ▁saw ▁S uri ya ▁emer ge ▁as ▁the ▁most ▁prof itable ▁leading ▁actor ▁in ▁T amil ▁films , ▁following ▁a ▁hat ▁trick ▁of ▁large ▁commercial ▁hits , ▁with ▁film ▁journ als ▁suggesting ▁that ▁his ▁success ▁was ▁due ▁to ▁" ex per iments ▁within ▁the ▁commercial ▁format " ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁successful ▁in ▁" av oid ing ▁being ▁type cast ". ▁ ▁His ▁next ▁film , ▁K . ▁S . ▁Rav ik umar ' s ▁action ▁ent ert ainer ▁A ad hav an ▁also ▁achieved ▁commercial ▁success , ▁while ▁S uri ya ' s ▁dep iction ▁of ▁a ▁hit man ▁was ▁pra ised . ▁A ▁critic ▁from ▁S ify . com ▁label led ▁it ▁as ▁an ▁" out ▁and ▁out ▁S uri ya ▁show ", ▁stating ▁that ▁" the ▁film ▁r ides ▁on ▁the ▁magic ▁of ▁the ▁actor , ▁and ▁his ▁z any ▁sh en an ig ans ▁alone ▁makes ▁it ▁worth ▁a ▁watch " ▁and ▁Red iff . com ▁c ited ▁that ▁" he