Andhra Pradesh's Minister for Information Technology, Electronics and Communications, Real Time Governance and Human Resources Development, Nara Lokesh, took to social media to share his praise for Madhavan-starrer GDN.

"Watched the movie on the remarkable GD Naidu - the original 'Edison of India.' A visionary inventor and entrepreneur who was decades ahead of his time. Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu share deep historical, cultural and economic bonds, and stories like his are part of the larger legacy of enterprise and innovation that has shaped South India," wrote Nara Lokesh.

He added, "I’m delighted to see our cinema bringing such extraordinary lives to the screen, especially for a younger generation that deserves to know the pioneers who built, invented and dreamed before us."

GDN also stars Dushara Vijayan, Sathyaraj, Priyamani, Vinay Rai, Thambi Ramaiah, Nandalal, TeeJay Arunasalam, Sheela, Karunakaran, Muralidaran, Aditi Balan, Mohan Raman, Kaniha, Ramesh Tilak, Carl Andrew Harte, and Richard Bhakti Klein, among others. It was written and directed by Krishnakumar Ramkumar.

CE's review of the film reads, "It is the complete lack of immersion plaguing every single department from production design to cinematography to dialogue writing that constantly gets in the way of us engaging with what is clearly an amazing real-life story. Farmers working in ankle-deep mud in the paddy fields wear the whitest, newest, crispiest look veshtis with not a drop of mud on them. The vintage cars look freshly painted and lifted off the GEE DEE Museum with a crane and dropped onto the set just seconds before the camera started rolling. Every time the actors are inside a room, the interiors look so artificial that we half expect them to lean on a wall, only for it to quickly fall over to reveal a soundstage."