Director Bala's much-awaited 'Naan Kadavul' got released on Friday amidst high expectations. As expected it opened to packed houses across the theatres. The movie on the life of 'Aghori' Saadhus and an underground beggar mafia is an entirely new theme for Tamil cinema. Living up to the hype and expectations, the movie managed good reviews on the first day itself.

Film-buffs who had watched the movie on day one of its release appreciated Arya's powerful performance and the technical brilliance in the movie including Arthur Wilson's cinematography and Illayaraja's background score.

A visibly happy producer M Sreenivasan, said, "I thank all the fans for giving the film a good opening. Wherever the movie has been released, it has been reported houseful shows. At many places, following unprecedented crowd, the show has been increased in adjoining screens too. I am happy that the movie has managed a positive response from the masses."