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Filmi Score
Very good
9 reviews
69
What the critics say
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Critics largely call TSK an entertaining, well-acted heist film carried by Suriya and Ramya Krishnan's pairing, Anirudh's music and sharp humour, though most fault a repetitive, preachy, message-heavy climax as a remake of Special 26.
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Summary
Thaanaa Serndha Koottam (2018, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 69 from 9 critic reviews, is rated 10+ by Filmi (CBFC: U), and streams on Sun NXT in the US.
Angered by the corruption that stopped him from becoming a CBI officer, a young man forms a gang who pose as CBI officers and raids the corrupt.
Where to watchAvailability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.
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Cast & crew
Cast
Directed and written by Vignesh Shivan · music Anirudh Ravichander
Vignesh ShivanWriter · Director
Anirudh RavichanderMusic
Dinesh Krishnan B.Cinematography
Sreekar PrasadEditing
Saravanan MadheswaranEditing
SuriyaLead
Keerthy Suresh
Ramya Krishnan
Senthil
Karthik Muthuraman
Suresh Chandra Menon
RJ Balaji
Nandha
Thambi Ramaiah
Sathyan Sivakumar
Anandaraj
Kalaiyarasan
Full crew
Production designD.R.K. Kiran
CostumePoornima Ramaswamy
ChoreographyBaba Baskar · Dinesh · Brinda Gopal
ActionDhilip Subbarayan
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Summary
Angered by the corruption that stopped him from becoming a CBI officer, a young man forms a gang who pose as CBI officers and raids the corrupt.
Thaanaa Serndha Koottam (2018, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 69 from 9 critic reviews, is rated 10+ by Filmi (CBFC: U), and streams on Sun NXT in the US.
Where to watch
Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.What the critics said
9 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 9 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Anupama Subramanian · 13 Jan 2018
Subramanian calls TSK an enjoyable, fast-paced heist entertainer with a strong Suriya-Ramya Krishnan pairing and standout music, minor gripes… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
85
Vishal Menon · 12 Jan 2018
Menon finds TSK a fresh, feel-good adaptation of Special 26, praising its period texture, Keerthy Suresh and Ramya Krishnan's performances, and… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
Baradwaj Rangan ✓ Claimed · 1 Dec 2017
Rangan calls TSK quite entertaining, mass-ified but well-crafted for much of its runtime, praising Suriya and its humour and nostalgia, while… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
Sreedhar Pillai · 12 Jan 2018
Calls TSK a smartly written, well-acted heist entertainer led by a returning-to-form Suriya and a scene-stealing Ramya Krishnan, undercut only by… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
M Suganth · 12 Jan 2018
Thaanaa Serndha Koottam Movie Review {3.5/5}: Critic Review of Thaanaa Serndha Koottam by Times of India Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 68
70
Ashameera Aiyappan · 12 Jan 2018
Thaanaa Serndha Koottam movie review: The Suriya and Keerthy Suresh starrer is a fairly entertaining film Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 60
50
Karan Bali · 14 Jan 2018
The critic finds TSK a watered-down, preachy remake of Special 26 that squanders its grey-shade premise and richer original performances, though… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
60
Kirubhakar Purushothaman · 12 Jan 2018
Thaanaa Serndha Koottam Movie Review: Suriya's 35th film is no Special 26 Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 35
50
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 9 readings; 4 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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What did critics say about Thaanaa Serndha Koottam?
Thaanaa Serndha Koottam has a Filmi Score of 69 (Very good), the mean of 9 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 35 (India Today) to 85 (Deccan Chronicle). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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