Pulikuthi Pandi (U/A)
15/Jan/2021 Crime, Action 2 Hrs 40 Mins

2.25

Cliched as expected but passable with few surprises!

A violent hero who cannot stand injustice goes into ahimsa mode at some point. But then the villains won't let him be. This is the template of almost every Muthiah film. Pulikkuthi Pandi is no different with Vikram Prabhu being the latest Avenger in the Muthiah Universe. Excuse the crude treatment and predictability, Muthiah usually does manage to ensure that his target audience is reasonably engaged. With good actors like Karthi and Rajkiran in Komban, he was able to make a watchable masala. But beyond all this, the regressive and problematic ideas that are entrenched in his films are the actual cause of worry. In comparison, Pulikkuthi Pandi isn't that problematic. Well we even have a comrade character in the film! This might just be a perfunctory nod but it means that there is atleast a need to showcase such characters.(more)

Source: Bharath Vijayakumar, MovieCrow