As per the statistics put out by the Google Trends on November 5, 2011, Santhosh Pandit stood second on the list of hot searches on Google, next only to Facebook.For handling 8 departments of the film from direction to acting, Santhosh Pandit received the 2011 Ekalavya Karma Sreshta Award by Ekalavya Charitable Trust. The award was presented by veteran Malayalam actor Madhu in the presence of K.B. Ganesh Kumar, Minister for Minister for Forests & Environment, Sports and Cinema, Kerala.