The Indian Express compared the film's plot to Veedu, "Illam is unlike Veedu in many ways it does not have anchoring in social factors and is mainly interested in the melodramatic aspects of the plot".Amala won the Best Actress Special Award at the 1989 Cinema Express Awards.
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