Arulvaan (U/A)
17/Jul/2026 Action, Drama 1hr 49mins

3.25

An earnest and educative film!

An earnest film that wants to educate the audience about an important social issue. Working within its limitations, Arulvaan does manage to put its point across. The crisp runtime also helps.(more)

Source: BharathVijayakumar, MovieCrow

3.00

Arulnithi lends stature to a typical drama

None of this makes the subject less urgent. Set in an era before the internet reached everyone, when ignorance was easiest to exploit, the film's argument for education holds just as firmly today. Arulvaan is a message film first and a movie second, and it never hides the order of its priorities.(more)

Source: Abhinav Subramanian, Times Of India

2.00

Stubbornly one-dimensional

Arulvaan�s desperation to shove its message down your throat reaches absurd heights when it finally lets go of its pretense of being a film and starts showing various real news clips of tribals fighting against the system during the credits. This isn�t unusual; we have seen films do this, but here, ...(more)

Source: prashanth Vallavan, CinemaExpress.com