V Vinod Nair critic of Times of india gave 2.5 out of 5 and stated that "You don’t feel any connection with the characters, and while you are waiting for the thrilling suspense at the end, it ends in a whimper".[4] S.R.Praveen of The Hindu critic wrote that "Anoop Menon’s political thriller gets neither the politics nor the thrills right".[5] Crics of The News Minute gave 2 stars out of 5 and stated that "Varaal is bearable if you squirm through the beginning and block out the cringeworthy one-liners, otherwise, not so much".[6] Critics from Mathrubhumi[7] and Indian Express[8] gave mixture of reviews.Critic from Samayam gave 4 out 5 ratings.[9]