Nandhan (U/A)
20/Sep/2024 1hr 59mins

Nandhan

Critics Review

2.75

Bitterly Melodramatic, yet Holds Well!

Speaks volumes about caste politics in a bold manner. A dry subject that is thankfully crisp and has enough engaging stuff happening. But misses out on craft to suit the cinematic sensibilities.(more)

Source: Ashwin Ram, MovieCrow

2.50

A middling film with occasional moments and underwritten characters

Nandhan is a film with good intent made on a serious subject that has its moments, especially on the comedy front. However, the film falls short of effectively portraying the world it is set in and the character that inhabits it. Of course, the film doesn�t make a parody of its characters but with the subject it deals with and the actors who are part of it, the film could have been a much more engaging watch than the forgetful watch it ended up being.(more)

Source: Roopa, Times Of India

2.50

A good-intentioned misfire that needed to have a lot more than just its heart in the right place

Making the naturally dusky people look duskier is a mentality issue, and it needs to be addressed soon enough before we are pulled into the baseless and reductive argument that people from a certain community should only look a certain way. This distraction takes away from Sasikumar�s performance in a rather new role for him. It is not often that we see him as a submissive person who is slapped around, and paraded naked in front of a crowd. The same holds true for Suruthi, who is burdened by a template role that offers nothing new, even when she is the moral compass of the film. If there is any actor that walks off with the plaudits, it is Balaji Sakthivel whose unhinged portrayal of an evil entity is unsettling and deeply effective.(more)

Source: Avinesh , Indian Express