'Khaidi No 150', which released on Wednesday, "is more about Chiranjeevi and his return than about the story or cinema," wrote The New Indian Express. "The story has it's heart in the right place," wrote Times of India while India Today wrote, "Films like Khaidi No 150... poke the audience's conscience." It was rated 2.5/5 (NIE), 3/5 (TOI, India Today).