"Baradwaj Rangan of "Film Companion South" reviewed, "A deeply moving romantic drama," and added "The format may suggest we are watching "Love, Actually" set in a village, in the midst of “what will people say?” considerations and drunks singing a Telugu song to the tune of "Gori tera gaon bada pyara".But "C/o Kancharapalem" is a slow burn that builds and builds, and it goes far beyond the "Love, Actually" template.