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9 reviews read · 5 with the critic’s own rating
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A blood-soaked gangster saga set in North Chennai across three decades, with brutal killings, frequent cursing, drug and alcohol…
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CBFC: A
6 of 7 categories documented
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Every review we read
Scores normalised to 0–100. A 3/5 shows as 60. Each row links to where it came from when we have the link.
Priyanka Sundar · 17 Oct 2018
Vada Chennai movie review: A brilliant beginning to Dhanush-Vetrimaaran trilogy. 5 stars | Entertainment News Read it there →
Published · 5/5
Filmi’s reading 95
100
Manoj Kumar R · 17 Oct 2018
Vada Chennai review: Vetrimaran-Dhanush’s gangster drama is as good as it gets Read it there →
Published · 5/5
Filmi’s reading 92
100
Siddarth Srinivas · 17 Oct 2018
Vada Chennai Movie Review Read it there →
Published · 4.5/5
Filmi’s reading 90
90
Sowmya Rajendran · 17 Oct 2018
Praises the film's authentic street language, cinematography and layered character work, naming softer editing and screenplay 'jerks' in the… Read it there →
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85
Janani K · 17 Oct 2018
Vada Chennai Review: Dhanush and Vetri Maaran gift kickass gangster film Read it there →
Published · 4/5
Filmi’s reading 82
80
The critic finds Vada Chennai a darkly detailed, well-crafted gangster saga with standout performances from Amir Sultan and Andrea, tipped to gain… Read it there →
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78
Srivatsan S · 17 Oct 2018
Praises the film's well-rounded, unsentimental characters and Dhanush's performance, treating the political second-half turn as a setup for the… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
M Suganth · 17 Oct 2018
Vada Chennai Review {3.5/5}: The sprawling nature of the narrative makes it truly an epic Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 76
70
Anupama Subramanian · 22 Oct 2018
Balances praise for the cast, cinematography and score against complaints that the story is 'a bit slipshod,' drags in places, and is overcrowded… Read it there →
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55
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Synopsis
Anbu, a young carrom player in North Chennai becomes inadvertently involved in an ongoing conflict between two local gangsters.
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VetrimaaranDirector · Writer
Santhosh NarayananMusic
R. VelrajCinematography
R. RamarEditing
G. B. VenkateshEditing
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