The film collected a distributors' share of Rs.13.5 million in its opening week.[1] The film was a blockbuster with 100 days run in 56 centres[2] and a 175 days run in 3 centres[3] including a 183 day run in Sandhya 70mm, Hyderabad.[4] It collected a share of Rs.40 million in 50 days and ended being the first Telugu movie to collect a distributors' share of Rs.100 million. It was dubbed into malayalam as Hey Hero.It was a big hit in kerala also . It ran over 100 days in many centers in kerala and song "punnara peda mane" [ dubbing of bangaru kodi petta ] became very popular .