Condit panned the film's thin characterizations, misleading marketing, and called Purcell "a major miscasting problem". The humor of the cartoons inevitably springs from the odd miscasting of the hot-tempered cowboy. He has poor skill with his stones and is prone to miscasting. Critics viewed the work as miscasting the role of academic freedom. According to Saravanan, the film failed at the box-office due to miscasting. The actors suffer from miscasting, but Asther gives an outstanding performance.