Thillu Mullu (U)
14/Jun/2013 140minutes

2.25

Director Badri's recycled version is nowhere near the original.

You just cannot replace anyone from the original. The good thing about Thillu Mullu is that almost no one has tried to imitate the mannerisms from the 1981 version. Shiva has gone about on his own way without reminding us of the superstar. He manages to bring about a few laughs with his one liners t...(more)

Source: Bharath Vijayakumar, MovieCrow

3.00

Thillu Mullu is worth watching affair.

Performance wise, Shiva is simply brilliant. His innocence and the way he delivers one-liners get full marks. The point that has to be noted here is that the young actor has not tried to imitate the superstar Rajini.(more)

Source: Shanmugan, One India

3.00

Laughathon

Thillu Mullu on the whole is a laugh riot, go have your fun. The film, in the end, is a broad entertainer that plays to the gallery. Keep your expectations in check, and you are sure to come out with a smile. (more)

Source: Moviebuzz, Sify.com

3.50

Where Badri goes wrong is in trying to prolong the humour.

Much of the credit for this should go to director Badri, whose script clearly suggests that some amount of thought has gone into reworking a cult classic for present-day audiences. Instead of going for a scene by scene remake, he manages to spin newer situations that make it very much a film of our ...(more)

Source: M Suganth, Times Of India

2.50

Enjoyable remake, good fun delivered

The film uniformly provides fun moments all through the viewing time but the tempo is slightly marred by the songs Aaja Aaja and Raagangal Padhinaru. If this had been taken care, Thillu Mullu would have further emerged as a crisper product. (more)

Source: Behindwoods Review Board, Behindwoods.com

2.50

About a half-hour of laughs

The film, in its earlier avatar, was aided immensely by the eye-rolling eccentricities of 'Thengai' Srinivasan, which is exactly what's needed when the hero is playing it straight. Prakash Raj, here, isn't allowed that kind of leeway - he's given nothing to work with. And things are made worse by a ...(more)

Source: Baradwaj Rangan, The Hindu