Thalaivan Thalaivii

When someone sees the family fight for a whole day, they say, “Inum ivanga mudikalaya,” and you feel that too. However, Thalaivan Thalaivi becomes one of the very few Tamil films that dig into the life after marriage, something after the beginning of the seemingly “Happily ever after,” and Pandiraj has crafted a fun, frustrating family padam.

Pandiraaj reins in the melodrama by relying on relentless comedy that is organically built out of the various relationships depicted in the film, especially the one between Vijay Sethupathi and Nithya Menen's characters

...a noisy family drama that promotes and glorifies regressive ideas. The film ridicules divorce and people who opt for it.

Vijay Sethupathi and Nithya Menen's film is loud and regressive, with noise dominating the story and the film yelling without clarity.

Although Thalaivan Thalaivii opens in a jovial manner, once the story settles in, the movie becomes a scream-a-thon where almost all characters are simply yelling at each other. After a point, Thalaivan Thalaivii is just a headache-inducing experience. What could have been an engaging absurd comedy is wasted by subpar writing.