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Por Thozhil review
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Filmi Score
Very good
7 reviews
71
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Critics call Por Thozhil a well-crafted, gripping buddy-cop thriller anchored by strong performances from Sarath Kumar and Ashok Selvan, though several flag an underexplored killer and a saggy or rushed stretch.
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Summary
Por Thozhil (2023, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 71 from 7 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on SonyLIV in India.
Loganathan, a senior cop is asked to mentor Prakash, an academically bright but faint-hearted rookie and this unlikely duo team up to investigate a series of murder cases, and realize all of them are interlinked and that a psychopath serial killer is on the run.
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Cast & crew
Cast
Directed by Vignesh Raja · written by Vignesh Raja & Alfred Prakash · music Jakes Bejoy
Vignesh RajaDirector · Writer
Alfred PrakashWriter
Jakes BejoyMusic
Kalaiselvan SivajiCinematography
Sreejith SarangEditing
Ashok SelvanLead
R. Sarathkumar
Sarath Babu
Nikhila Vimal
P.L. Thenappan
O. A. K. Sundar
Nizhalgal Ravi
Harish Kumar
Santhosh Keezhattoor
Sunil Sukhada
Lisha P Chandran
Darshan Manikandan
Full crew
Production designIndulal Kaveed
CostumeDinesh Manoharan
LyricsKarthik Netha
ActionPhoenix Prabhu
MakeupA R Abdul
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Summary
Loganathan, a senior cop is asked to mentor Prakash, an academically bright but faint-hearted rookie and this unlikely duo team up to investigate a series of murder cases, and realize all of them are interlinked and that a psychopath serial killer is on the run.
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What the critics said
7 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 7 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Siddarth Srinivas · 8 Jun 2023
Srinivas calls Por Thozhil a soaring, superbly crafted murder mystery with strong performances and score, raising no material reservations and… Read it there →
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92
Sowmya Rajendran · 9 Jun 2023
Rajendran calls Por Thozhil a gripping, tautly written thriller with excellent performances from Sarath Kumar and Ashok Selvan, whose subtle… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
80
Kirubhakar Purushothaman · 8 Jun 2023
Por Thozhil movie review: Debutant Vignesh Raja delivers an engaging buddy cop film Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 78
70
Sudhir Srinivasan · 9 Jun 2023
Srinivasan calls Por Thozhil an assured, cleverly written debut anchored by Sarathkumar's performance, naming an underused Veena character, a… Read it there →
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78
15 Jun 2023
The Vikatan panel finds the first half novel and engaging but says the second half slides into familiar serial-killer tropes with an unconvincing… Read it there →
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68
Nandini Ramnath · 9 Jun 2023
Ramnath praises the film's craft as a gripping, technically strong serial-killer procedural but concludes its treatment of the killer's psychology… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
52
Varun · YouTube, Kannada · transcript read · 29 Aug 2023
Reviewer praises the treatment, investigation-episode writing and a well-used safehouse sequence, but flags a stretch where the hero passively… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
50
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Where can I watch Por Thozhil?
Por Thozhil is streaming on OTT: SonyLIV (India). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Por Thozhil?
Por Thozhil has a Filmi Score of 71 (Very good), the mean of 7 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 50 (Cinema with Varun) to 92 (OnlyKollywood). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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