Ahakoa i kitea 2007 hei Kumar te tau tino angitu i roto i tona mahi i roto i te ahumahi, me te rite whakaahuatia e te pouaka tari kaitohutohu, "tērā pea te pai rawa atu i tuhia e te kaitapere, ki te wha hit tino, me te kahore flops". I puta tona putanga tuatahi, Vipul Amrutlal Shah-whakahaerehia Namastey London, i whakahe, me te arumoni angitu, me tona mahi i riro ia ia he kōwhiringa Best Actor i te Filmfare. ka tuhituhi Critic Taran Adarsh o tona mahi i roto i te kiriata, "he tino ki te riro i nga ngakau o mirioni o moviegoers ki te whakaahuatanga whakamataku i roto i tenei kiriata".
Ko te tau 2007