Yugantham faced a difficult reception upon release.
| Feature | Hollywood’s 2012 (2009) | Tollywood 2012 Yugantham (2012) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Protagonist | A struggling writer (John Cusack) | A lorry driver / Reincarnated sage | | Solution | Arks / Spaceships | Vedic mantras / Divine swords | | Villain | Tectonic plates & selfish elites | A blonde scientist & Asuras | | Climax Length | 40 minutes of CGI | 20 minutes of fights + 10 min song | | Logic | Scientifically impossible | Spiritually impossible | 2012 Yugantham Telugu Movies