Kirubhakar Purushotaman
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Most Divergent Takes
- Maargan (2025)7.0 vs TRM 5.5+1.5
- Dragon (2025)8.0 vs TRM 6.6+1.4
- Kudumbasthan (2025)5.0 vs TRM 6.0-1.0
- The Greatest of All Time (2024)5.0 vs TRM 4.8+0.2
- Kanguva (2024)5.0 vs TRM 4.9+0.1
Maargan
2025 · News18 · Jun 2025
Maargan is a solid crime thriller with supernatural twists, standout writing, and tight editing. Vijay Antony returns with a gripping watch after past misfires. Maargan might not break new ground, but it proves that familiar genre tropes, when treated with sincerity and style, can still feel fresh.
Dragon
2025 · News18 · Feb 2025
Dragon is a film about moral values. It is an attempt to redefine heroism as nobility rather than success. The last act of the movie elevates it from being a normal commercial entertainer to a higher moral plane, which is seldom visited by such 'mass movies'.
Kudumbasthan
2025 · News18 · Jan 2025
While the comedy segments occasionally land well, Kudumbasthan fails to deliver the laugh riot it aspires to be, often resembling a series of YouTube sketches stitched together rather than a cohesive narrative. Ultimately, Kudumbasthan sacrifices narrative coherence for humour at every opportunity.
Kanguva
2024 · News18 · Nov 2024
Kanguva is anything but a lazy film as Siva and cinematographer Vetri Palanisamy have given their all. Yet, underwhelming writing fails to invoke any investment in the characters and their stakes. The core problem of Kanguva is it fails to have a single focus.
The Greatest of All Time
2024 · News18 · Sep 2024
The deliberation and efforts that have gone into The Greatest of All Time are immense for an under-written masala entertainer. On the other hand, the film is terribly underwritten with no real substance to make up for its three-hour runtime.