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A sprawling gangster saga: adoptive father and son turn on each other amid gang wars and shootouts. One action scene is called…
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CBFC: U/A 16+
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₹97.44 CrWorldwide gross
India gross₹56.24 Cr
Overseas gross₹41.20 Cr
Sacnilk · as of 26 Aug 2026 · day 57
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Scores normalised to 0–100. A 3/5 shows as 60. Each row links to where it came from when we have the link.
Ganesh Aaglave · 5 Jun 2025
Thug Life movie review: Kamal Haasan oozes swag & charm in Mani Ratnam's stylish action-thriller Read it there →
Published · 3/5
Filmi’s reading 70
60
YouTube · transcript read · 5 Jun 2025
Tyagi finds Thug Life visually grand and Silambarasan's performance strong, but faults weak, underwritten women, a structural mess, shifting… Watch it there →
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62
Nandini Ramnath · 5 Jun 2025
Ramnath credits Ratnam's directorial craft and the lead performances by Kamal Haasan and Silambarasan for making a slight, familiar gangster plot… Read it there →
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52
Unni Narayanan · YouTube, Malayalam · transcript read · 5 Jun 2025
Unni calls Thug Life technically polished but wholly derivative of older revenge dramas, with strong performances undercut by a poorly justified… Watch it there →
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45
YouTube, Malayalam · transcript read · 5 Jun 2025
Aswanth Kok treats Thug Life as comic fodder, mocking its clichéd revenge plot and dismissing most of the cast as throwaway comic pieces, while… Watch it there →
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Saibal Chatterjee · 5 Jun 2025
Thug Life Review: Kamal Haasan's Film Definitely Needed More Life Read it there →
Published · 2/5
Filmi’s reading 33
40
Anmol Jamwal · YouTube · transcript read · 5 Jun 2025
The critic praises Ravi Chandran's cinematography, a couple of songs, and Kamal Hassan and Simbu's performances, but calls the screenplay flat,… Watch it there →
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Yogi · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 5 Jun 2025
2/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
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Filmi’s reading 28
40
Deeksha Sharma · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 5 Jun 2025
2/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
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Filmi’s reading 28
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YouTube, Telugu · transcript read · 5 Jun 2025
Thyview calls Thug Life the weakest film of Maniratnam's career, faulting a poorly written script, undeveloped supporting characters, uninspired… Watch it there →
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Anandu Suresh · 5 Jun 2025
Thug Life Review: Kamal Haasan, Mani Ratnam’s ‘game of thrones’ is a cinematic endurance test Read it there →
Published · 1.5/5
Filmi’s reading 26
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S Viswanath · 6 Jun 2025
Viswanath finds Thug Life a tedious, dated rehash that fails both Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam, wasting a strong supporting cast on a predictable,… Read it there →
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YouTube, Hindi · transcript read · 5 Jun 2025
Suraj Kumar mocks Thug Life as a hollow, torturous gangster film with a recycled Rahman score and grating Kamal Haasan dub, calling the story a… Watch it there →
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YouTube, Telugu · transcript read · 5 Jun 2025
Poolachokka pans Thug Life as lifeless and unbearable past the interval, wasting Silambarasan and repeating Kamal Haasan's implausible survivalist… Watch it there →
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Synopsis
In a world ruled by crime and betrayal, mafia kingpin Sakthivel and his brother Manikkam rescue a young boy, Amaran, during a violent police shootout and raise him as their own. Years later, when an assassination attempt shakes Sakthivel's empire, suspicion turns inward. Consumed by vengeance, Sakthivel sets out to destroy the very family he once built.
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Mani RatnamDirector · Writer
Kamal HaasanWriter
A.R. RahmanMusic
Ravi K. ChandranCinematography
Sreekar PrasadEditing
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