Dude

"Dude is ultimately a one-time watch, a film that starts off with breezy fun but loses its charm in a meandering, uneven second half. Despite the combined efforts of Pradeep Ranganathan and Sai Abhayankar to inject life into the proceedings, the film soon veers into overwrought melodrama, with a sense of amateurishness that ultimately dilutes the seriousness of the issues it seeks to address."

"Pradeep Ranganathan's Agan in director Keerthiswaran's debut film, Dude, is the exact opposite of that [entitled male leads], standing out as a refreshing departure from the typical South cinema trope of men who feel entitled to love."