It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada and the Best Lyrics award for Narasimhaswamy.
A newer film titled Mysore Mallige was released in 2013, starring Roopa Nataraj and Ranjan Shetty . This version was described as an "unusual love story" and initially faced controversy for its departure from the traditional themes of the 1992 classic. Popular Videos and Songs It won the National Film Award for Best
Directed and co-written by T. S. Nagabharana , this film was a groundbreaking experiment where a story was woven entirely from the lyrical poems of K. S. Narasimhaswamy. It won the National Film Award for Best