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Upon release, the film gained mixed reviews though reviewers praised Vikram's performance with a critic claiming to see the film "only for him". A critic from Sify in his review wrote: "Lingusamy lives up to his reputation as a director who makes racy action packed family entertainers with his new release Sandakozhi." In 2005, Vikram signed his next project Bheemaa, which faced severe delays and only released in January 2008. The film was a commercial success grossing $3.5 million at the box office. His next project was Sandakozhi with Vishal in his second film.
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The film took a large opening all over Tamil Nadu, but later turned out to be a box office disaster and sustained a considerable loss for the producer. Similarly the film received a negative review from 's critics citing that "Ji is for Ajith fans only!". He has infused the script with all the right ingredients and keeps the tempo of the narration on an even keel." Critics from The Hindu claimed that the film "could have been better". Upon release, film received negative reviews especially, A critic from Indiaglitz praised the film citing that "Lingusamy should be appreciated for giving a movie with pulsating sequences. Due to Madhavan's unavailability, the role went to Ajith Kumar, with the film being newly re-titled Ji. After the success of Run, Linguswamy announced his plans of re-collaborating with Madhavan in Sathyam, a film about student politics. The film, too, was a commercially successful and also received good reviews. The film won several awards including the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil, Cinema Express Award for Best Film – Tamil, and two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, while, The Hindu listed the film amongst the best of 2001. Aanandham opened to positive reviews in May 2001, with a critic noting that "it is a promising work from the debutant director". Linguswamy originally wanted to title the project, Thirupathi Brothers, which he later went on to name his production house. Chowdhry gave me an opportunity I narrated the stories and he found them highly appealing". They were deeply etched in my memory and I thought I would use them when I got a chance to direct a film. Born in a large family I was impressed with the incidents my mother narrated to me. About the film, Linguswamy said: "The film actually is based on real life. He made his directorial debut with the Tamil family drama Aanandham, starring Mammootty. He had also assisted Vikraman in Vaanathaippola, a family drama on brothers. Venkatesh for his Tamil film Mahaprabhu-123 and followed in his next film Selva. He joined as an assistant director to director A. Lingusamy hails from a village Thirucherai in kumbakonam taluka, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu.