". ▁Kar th ik ▁Sub ram an ian ▁of ▁The ▁H indu ▁pra ised ▁the ▁film ▁stating ▁that ▁" The ▁detail ing ▁of ▁every ▁characters ▁in ▁the ▁story ▁is ▁intr icate . ▁The ▁narr ative ▁moves ▁like ▁a ▁good ▁novel ▁where ▁the ▁first ▁few ▁chap ters ▁are ▁all ▁about ▁et ch ing ▁and ▁detail ing ▁the ▁players , ▁and ▁the ▁plot ▁and ▁the ▁action ▁unfold ▁much ▁later ". ▁Pav ith ra ▁S rin ivas an ▁of ▁Red iff . com ▁called ▁it ▁" one ▁of ▁D han ush ' s ▁best ▁works ▁to ▁date ". ▁T amil ▁magazine ▁An anda ▁Vik atan ▁r ated ▁the ▁film ▁with ▁ 4 4 ▁marks ▁and ▁mentioned ▁that ▁" This ▁ar ena ▁is ▁new ▁for ▁present ing ▁cultural ▁nu ances ▁of ▁a ▁region ▁and ▁changes ▁in ▁human ▁emot ions ▁beautiful ly ". ▁ ▁Acc ol ades ▁▁ ▁A ad uk al am ▁won ▁six ▁awards ▁at ▁the ▁ 5 8 th ▁National ▁Film ▁Awards ▁ceremony , ▁thereby ▁sharing ▁the ▁record ▁with ▁K ann ath il ▁M uth am itt al ▁( 2 0 0 2 ) ▁for ▁the ▁most ▁number ▁of ▁National ▁Film ▁Awards ▁won ▁by ▁a ▁T amil ▁film . ▁It ▁won ▁awards ▁under ▁the ▁Best ▁D irection ▁( V etr ima aran ), ▁Best ▁A ctor ▁( D han ush ), ▁Best ▁Screen play ▁( Original ) ▁( V etr ima aran ), ▁Best ▁Edit ing ▁( K ish ore ▁Te ) ▁and ▁Best ▁Ch ore ography ▁( D ines h ▁K umar ) ▁categories