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Critics Review
2.75
A Crisp Bark
The looming danger, the authoritative narration at this point with a sadistic villain and the hero on the backfoot sets the ball rolling for Naaigal Jaakirathai. This most happening and interesting phase occurs when the focus is not on the canine (Subramani).(more)
Source: Bharath Vijayakumar, MovieCrow
3.00
Best Friend
Almost always, we remain so self-involved that we forget to recall that it wasn't for the joy of leisure that they say that a dog is man's best friend. Raising a pet is almost analogous to taking the pride of being a dog owner. But dogs have a life far more valuable than what meets the eye in the form of how they are groomed or what they eat. Probably this is why they are trained for the army. And this story begins from the border, revolving around one such soldier.(more)
Source: Editorial Board, IndiaGlitz.com
2.50
Average
Dog based investigation thrillers are a rarity in Tamil cinema and Sibiraj has chosen such a unique genre for his comeback film. Naaigal Jaakirathai is basically a story about Karthik(Sibiraj), a cop who is affected by post-traumatic stress and how he is using the military trained dog to find his kidnapped pregnant wife (Arundathi).(more)
Source: Moviebuzz, Sify.com
2.75
The Belgian Shepherd makes the film watchable
After a bank-robbery, Shakthi Sounder Rajan is cautioning us with a crime-investigative-thriller lead by a cop-dog duo. Naaigal Jaakirathai cannot be ignored or avoided. Even cat-lovers might find the righteous hero of the film, Idoh, a Belgian Shepherd belonging to the Malinois variant, really cute. If there is a special category for animals in the award functions, Mani (the dog) from Naaigal Jaakirathai will win them all hands down. (more)
Source: Editorial Board, Behindwoods.com
3.50
A dog helps his new master, a police officer, in the hunt for his missing wife, who has been kidnapped by a revenge-seeking criminal.
In some ways, Naaigal Jaakirathai feels like a new-age Rama Narayanan film � a pet helping the hero to overcome the villains is a trope that the director has used many times � but Shakti Soundar Rajan dials down on the camp and gives us a film that is more of an investigative thriller in which the dog plays a central role. (more)
Source: M. Suganth, Times Of India
