2023 2hrs 32mins

Critics Review

2.00

A Yawn-Worthy Commercial Flick!

The present timeline portions are extremely boring and unfortunately it fills up most of the runtime. The flashback is watchable but even after that the film fails to utilize it to its favour with a punchy finale.(more)

Source: Ashwin Ram, MovieCrow

2.50

Arya tries to shoulder a very average action drama

Kathar Basha Engira Muthuramalingam brings nothing new to the table and ultimately ends up as an average offering from Muthaiah.(more)

Source: Logesh Balachnadran, Times Of India

2.50

Even Muthaiya's tried and tested tropes can't save this exhausting hotchpotch

If anything, Kathar Basha... is just a happy excursion for Arya to try out a new rustic look in a mass masala avatar and have loads of fun. That even he seems like a misfit in this world in some places, is the disappointing truth.(more)

Source: BHUVANESH CHANDAR, The Hindu

3.00

Melodrama pulls down this fairly enjoyable rural drama

Even though Arya delivers all the punches and punchlines in the film, the loudest cheer in the theatre was reserved for the scene where a 12-year-old girl slaps her toxic mother and goes ahead to deliver a powerful monologue on parenting. Time and again Muthaiya has proven his mastery in creating such powerful characters and moments in his films, and he is also honing his technical prowess with every project. How I wish he soon lets go of the dated values, much like his protagonists.(more)