Thug Life

"Thuglife" Tamil Movie Review 2.30 AM Dubai show Mani Ratnam once again brings back the magic of *Nayagan*! The film is a visual treat, with stunning cinematography and world-class production design. Kamal Haasan , Simbu delivers a powerhouse performance - intense, layered, and unforgettable. A. R. Rahman's background score and songs elevate every scene, creating goosebump moments throughout.

The real marvel lies in the storytelling. With two legends - Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam - coming together, the screenplay is rich with emotion, depth, and cinematic brilliance.

Enjoyed watching in big screen.

This movie has a solid story overall-some bits work better than others, but most of it's pretty good. The screenplay keeps you hooked, though it does drag a bit, and the plot twists keep things engaging. The characters are interesting.

Kamal Haasan is his usual awesome self, even if a couple of his action shots felt a bit off-hey, the guy's not exactly in his twenties anymore!

Trisha Krishnan is a total surprise package. She's different from what we usually see, and man, she nails it. She looks stunning, and there's just something magical about her performance.

Simbhu? He's killing it-probably his best work in ages. Abhirami is good too, and she has this one scene where she goes full-on epic mode. Joju, Nazar, and the rest are solid, but Ashok Selvan stands out.

The cinematography and music? Top-notch. The sound effects and mixing are also really well done.

Production values are fancy, and the VFX and de-aging tech look pretty decent too.

And of course, Maniratnam shows us once again why he's the master.

It's definitely worth a watch if you like these kinds of movies. Just don't expect too much violence, over-the-top music, or a super fast pace-it's a nice mix of commercial and artsy.

This gangster movie is full of wonderful locations, sets, songs, visuals, bgm but if you're not a Kamal Hassan fan there's little for you to empathize with.

Mani Ratnam's trade mark dialogues and ARR's pumped up score do add a lot of sizzle to this stylish gangster movie. Simbu gives a rooted performance that has complex emotions to act upon.

The cinematography and editing are fantastic especially in the song sequences that are slickly intercut with action.

The action itself is visceral and after a point a little exhausting rather than exhilarating. Maybe it's intentional. Maybe it's meant to remind us that all violence is eventually futile.

It's not preachy though and that's a saving grace. The emotions run by very quickly and have too little an impact to carry the core of the movie through while it's clawing its way out of a revenge saga.

There's no lack of back stabbing analogies from the Mughals to the Mahabharata. But the love stories in this movie are the weakest links in it unfortunately. Especially given how much as a Mani Ratnam fan you expect this fairytale romance out of his movies. If only he spent a little more time on them to make us feel something when the love falls prey to violence it would have been the masterpiece that I was expecting from this duo.

Still worth your time. A little more heart would have made it great.

What a nonsense. Kamal Hassan should quit films and stick to politics. He hasn't acted decently in one film in the last 20 years. The last good film he made was Indian with Shankar. This film fails miserably. Was Maniratnam even directing this or was he under the influence of Kamal Hassan? Waste of my money and time.

Watched in Sydney. FDFS

What a nonsense. Kamal Hassan should quit films and stick to politics. He hasn't acted decently in one film in the last 20 years. The last good film he made was Indian with Shankar. This film fails miserably. Was Maniratnam even directing this or was he under the influence of Kamal Hassan? Waste of my money and time.

Watched in Sydney. FDFS

What a nonsense. Kamal Hassan should quit films and stick to politics. He hasn't acted decently in one film in the last 20 years. The last good film he made was Indian with Shankar. This film fails miserably. Was Maniratnam even directing this or was he under the influence of Kamal Hassan? Waste of my money and time.

Watched in Sydney. FDFS.