Hindustan Times said that 'Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairy Tale' barely scratches the surface and there's an incomplete feeling to it. "The documentary...has been carefully crafted to tell us only what Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan want us to know, and that's a let-down...Yes, it's a fairytale...that a female actor, who was trolled and written off, achieved superstardom," the review added.