Vijay Sethupathi and Nithya Menon starrer Thalaivan Thalavi hit a big screen on 25 July 2025. As soon as the film started streaming on the OTT platform Amazon Prime Video from August 22, 2025, the Pinkvilla reviews out here.
Plot
Thalaivan Thalivi is a romantic action comedy that tells the story of Ageweran, the owner of a roadside restaurant, who wants to get married. In a matchmaking process, he receives the proposal of a double degree graduate pararasi.
While they shout from different backgrounds, Ajeveran and Pararasi find a relationship through their shared love for food. Despite his family’s barriers, Pararasi married him, only to face problems in his marriage. What happens to their relationship and whether they remove challenges, the creation of the story is formed.
Good
Thalaivan Thalivi is a mess from the point of view of a story, but the lead actors, Vijay Sethupati and Nithya Menon, are a joy to see. His chemistry is absolutely entertaining and remains the largest place from the film.
The romantic base of the film, which begins with a traditional matchmaking season and develops in a rugged love story, seems old and difficult to digest in 2025.
Coming to the positive side, Thalaivan Thalavi has a magnificent soundtrack made by Santosh Narayanan. Kalki 2898 advertising composer distributes the tracks that are deeply vested in the Tamil background and provide authenticity to the settings.
A special shout goes out for the song, Potala Muttay, in which Santosh herself is characterized by Koli fame Sublashini as well as Santhosh. M Sukumar Visuals and Pradeep E. Along with editing the film to Ragav, technical aspects somehow managed to increase the sub -experience.
bad
Thalaivan thali is a amalgamation of every bad idea that comes together to create a complete mess together. The romantic action comedy constantly attempts to narrate the story of a pair, eventually glorifying the idea that toxic relationships are common and acceptable.
While Vijay and Nithya present some Jovial moments, the story itself turned out to be a train debris, which assures that whatever a pair in their relationship, divorce is never an option. Instead, it encourages insults and emotional losses as a quality.
Given Pandiraj’s previous family drama undertakings, Kadikutty Singham and Namma Vetu Pillai, it is clear that his story is stuck in a past era. By normalizing such old values, the film fails badly and cannot overcome it.
Although some promises were shown in the initial stages of the film, it quickly departed from general knowledge and tested the patience of the audience. With shouting dialogues and irritable characters, the experience progressively deteriorated with every scene.
Fascinating materials, terrible writing, and characteristic of tone-deaf statement, it became difficult to sit through Thalaivan Thalaivi.
Display
The largest, and perhaps the only redeeming quality of Thalaivan Thalaivi lies in the performance of Vijay Sethupati and Nithya Menon. While Vijay performs his best with the material given by him, Menen deserves praise for his innate ability to surprisingly shine with any co-actor.
His outstanding acting was seen in the first Marsal, opposite the Thalapati Vijay, Surya in 24, Dhanush in Thiruchitramabalam, or Duler Salman in OK Kanmani, continues to impress in the film.
See the trailer for Thalaivan Thalaivii:
Decision
Thalaivan Thalivi is a fierce disturbance of a film from his story. While the experience is likely to be tortured for many people, some may still get purely enjoyed due to the compelling screen appearance of victory and nithya.
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