Directors N. Lingusamy, Mysskin, Gautham Menon, and S. J. Suryah called "Thevar Magan" one of their favourite films. Gauthami too listed it as her one of her favourite films. Sify in its review of "Sandakozhi" (2005) compared Rajkiran's character with Ganesan's character from "Thevar Magan". The magazine "South Scope" included Haasan's performance in the film in its list of "Kamal's best performances" in its July 2010 edition. Silverscreen in its review of "Vetrivel" (2016) called the film "pretty much an unsophisticated copy of "Thevar Magan"".