Topiwala [SEP] narrative location
Reception.
Reception Box office.
"Topiwala" was released on 15 March 2013 in over 150 theaters in Karnataka. "Topiwala" opened to strong box office collections on its release day with 90 to 100% occupancy at single screens and around 90% occupancy at multiplexes. The film grossed during its opening weekend and grossed more than in its first week. Upendra and the entire team of "Topiwala" celebrated a success meet of the movie at the Udayavani Head Office in Bangalore, by launching a campaign against corruption
(Gujarati Literary Council).
Critical response.
The poem has been critically acclaimed by several Gujarati authors. Harivallabh Bhayani noted that Chinu Modi has broken new ground in modern Gujarati long narrative poetry (Khandakavya) with his attempts at narrative poems. Chandrakant Topiwala noted, "In Gujarati literature, poets like Ravji Patel, and Raghuvir Chaudhari have written poem on separation from village when they moved from village to city. But here for the first time, Chinu Modi has grabbed the opportunity to writing on separation from the city