In her review, Subhakeerthana wrote, “Vaanam Kottattum has excellent bits of writing, but as a whole, it is not consistent. It wants to be both a rooted family story and a revenge drama. We get a not-so-breezy relationship between the father and son, like Agni Natchathiram. The portions involving the family are endearing. Radikaa and Sarathkumar breeze through their parts. But we don’t have answers to many ‘whys’.”