2 7 ▁January ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁wrote , ▁" The ▁film ▁is ▁pac ed ▁even ly ▁until ▁the ▁end   ... ▁R ag hav ach ary a ' s ▁writing ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁biggest ▁strength s ▁of ▁the ▁film ". ▁The ▁rev iewer ▁pra ised ▁N ages w ara ▁R ao ' s ▁performance ▁and ▁dialog ue ▁delivery , ▁but ▁was ▁critical ▁of ▁R ama ▁R ao ▁and ▁B han um ath i , ▁not ing ▁that ▁the ▁latter ▁was ▁very ▁" ill ▁at ▁ease " ▁playing ▁Kr ish nas ani ▁which ▁was ▁" sur pr ising " ▁given ▁that ▁the ▁role ▁was ▁in ▁her ▁comfort ▁zone . ▁Z ame en ▁Ra ith u ▁gave ▁a ▁negative ▁review , ▁writing ▁that ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁" dis app oint ing " ▁and ▁critic ising ▁the ▁clim ax ▁as ▁the ▁film ' s ▁" weak est ▁link ". ▁In ▁its ▁review ▁dated ▁ 1 0 ▁February ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁Z ame en ▁Ra ith u ▁wrote , ▁" R anga ▁has ▁a ▁great ▁vision ▁which ▁cannot ▁be ▁ignored , ▁and ▁an ▁eye ▁for ▁subt le ▁and ▁in nu endo - free ▁comedy . ▁R ag hav ach ary a ' s ▁writing ▁and ▁screen play ▁are ▁pra is ew orth y ". ▁The ▁rev iewer ▁added ▁that ▁the ▁character is ations ▁were ▁ill - develop ed , ▁with ▁R ama ▁R ao ▁and ▁N ages w ara ▁R ao ▁" sal v aging ▁the ▁film ▁to ▁an ▁extent