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A drug burst, an injured cop and a Convicted Criminal who wants to meet her Daughter for First time in Life. Karthi is back as seen in Paruthiveeran. A seat edge thriller without masala.

Oh man..... this one was splendid. Speechless, edge of the seat. As i am watching this late, i was waiting for the hero's entry and boy, did the movie deliver it! Throughout the movie you want the hero to win, the director has somehow found a way to make us feel that way. My heart was pounding throughout the duration of the movie. It is definitely going to glue your eye to the screen. The direction and screenplay is out of the world. He has even managed to capture the father daughter sentiments in this all round action movie. The cast is wonderful. Everybody did justice to their role. The story is fantastic. Its like desi version of John Wick. I would definitely love to see a sequel. Overall its an outstanding movie.

Karthi feels very raw and rugged in this movie.i feel nowadays the entire story doesn't have to be good, but some really good scenes make you feel the movie is good. kaithi has some ridiculously enjoyable scenes and a good story too.there might be some logical flaws, but who cares if the stunts are that good. All the supporting cast fit their roles to perfection. The best aspect of the movie is the bgm from sam c.s . Brilliant guy but not recognised as much. The cinematography of the movie was one to talk about. Provided the lighting of the movie should be dark ,they have done a fantastic job at that. Overall a very enjoyable movie

I don't know Tamil, yet watched with subtitles. Man, it's an edge of the seat movie. Many scenes were jaw dropping. Great direction, great background music. Actor Karthi was great. Even between the serious scenes, director has perfectly added emotional scenes. Girl's role was very cute.

And its a family movie. No adult scene.

Do Watch.

Karthi is one of the Best and underrated actor in Tamil Cinema. He did different roles in different movies. He did a very good job in this movie too. Camera work is another plus for this movie. Sam CS done a very good work in Background score!. Direction and screenplay are 💥. Definitely a worth movie to watch.

This is the first film of Karthi I have seen but it doesn't disappoint me. One the the best action thrillers seen in my life l. That bgm is really next level. And that action sequences are simply mind-blowing. Overall a once in a life time experience.

No words... Outstanding job by the director and actor karthi... Lovely to see karthi with a wonderful film after Dev..worth to watch in teatre.. Great story... Please watch it in teatres..

Fantastic movie...recommended...👍👍👍👏👏

Part 2 most expected... hats off to the director!

What a Authentic Acting by Karthi. Best Thriller and What a Masterpiece!!! Incredibly Brilliant!

An engaging one! No songs, no heroine, no romance but emotionally charged actions and twists & turns kept us engaged throughout the film.

Exceptional story telling with some good camera works and music pretty much sums up kaithi

A truck load of drugs is seized by a crack team of cops in what appears to be the biggest drug bust ever. The desperate drug gang wants the consignment back at any cost.

Thus begins a narrative that is a thrill ride of events unfolding over a night with well placed moles on each side and safety of the cache as well as the lives of some top cops hanging by a slender thread resting on the shoulders of a recently released convict.

Karthi brings a simmering intensity to the part of the protagonist, Dilli - both as a father yearning to see his daughter for the first time after spending a decade in prison as well as the titular macho convict rescuing the cops. Sam CS throttles the proceedings onwards with his pulsating score.

After a stellar debut with Maanagaram, director Lokesh Kanagaraj (LK) delivers an above average action flick that is fairly engaging and entertaining.

Overall, while it may not match Maanagaram in its audacity, Kaithi, despite its flaws, is a neat action entertainer.

The movie is intense from the word go. Dinesh kanagaraj has Managed to Keep us at the edge of the seat till the end. Every character has done Justice to their role so much so that you can't imagine others doing it. Big kudos to Karthi for donning the role of Kaithi thereby giving a big premise for this great action film. This movie is sound in all aspects starting from cinematography at night, editing, stunts, art direction, BGM and what not. One of the best movies ever released for Diwali.

I'm from Northeast India but I'm a fan of Tamil industry. After Vada Chennai this is what I loved a lot. Wonderful screenplay by Lokesh kanagaraj sir. This is the first movie of Karthi I've watched and really loved his performance, Wonderful actor. Overall a must watch movie.

Kaithi pure 24K Gold...Crown Jewel of 2019 Deepavali, Can take the viewer to a sense of curiosity, leave them in Awe & leaves one disturbingly inspiring with its soul. Magnanimous Director. No Fanfare No Bandha No Hyped Propaganda

Excellent Movie. Everybody acted very well in the movie. The movie was very interesting and thrilling. There were no boring scenes or songs. The main highlight in the movie is that everybody had an equal scope to perform and that made the movie excellent. The movie had many thrilling scenes. This movie is one of the Best Movie of Karthi and one of the Best Tamil Movie of 2019. Excellent Movie.

It's fairly impossible to craft an action-thriller suited to the Tamil sensibilities without acknowledging its audience. Lokesh Kanagaraj does a pretty amazing job of staying true to the pure action genre in Kaithi. It's that action thriller with a lot of heart. As we saw in Kanagaraj's earlier venture Maanagaram, Kaithi too has interweaving storylines. But the treatment is what renders it engaging throughout. It's a long film (153 minutes or so) yes, but the story moves at such a rapid pace that the audience remains consistently hooked. To put it across in a funny way, Kaithi is the kind of film where there's so much happening at breakneck speed that a viewer who's about to open the lid of a water bottle to hydrate himself/herself may hold back from doing so, till the end of another elaborate set-piece.

And when we talk about set-pieces, their crafting is stunning (though exaggerated at times). Anbariv is the man behind these well-thought-out sequences that often raise the levels of adrenaline in the audience. Sathyan Sooryan (the DOP of Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru) handles the cinematography - Kaithi has been shot entirely in the night (except for the last few frames) and yet, everything that unravels in artificial light looks good on screen. The background score by Sam CS definitely ups the style element of the film, and it's one soundtrack you'll want to check up on YouTube or SoundCloud immediately once you're done watching.

There are no songs or sappy romances in Kaithi - well, that's how an action thriller ought to be. I appreciate Kanagaraj for doing away with these unnecessary commercial elements, even when there are numerous 'invincible mass hero' moments. It's wonderful how Kanagaraj has given emphasis to characters other than that of Karthi's Dilli. George Maryan, who is relegated to comical roles in most films, gets a meaty character with a fair bit of action - he does a brilliantly memorable job of it! Narain, whom we're seeing in movies after a while, is wonderfully restrained and lets Karthi shine in the scenes that are for the whistling fans. Dheena offers some comic relief in the form of pop-culture references and lightens the tone of the otherwise serious flick.

At the core, there's also a story about a father who's travelling to meet his daughter for the first time. While this amps up the sentimental quotient, certain scenes such as the one featuring the crushed earrings, could have been written better (or completely subverted). There isn't any suspense as the important twisty bits are given away in the opening (half) itself, but Kanagaraj's packaging works wonders here. The action bits are strongly done, and that's a more-than-good reason to watch Kaithi. Well, how often do you see a lungi-clad hero using a Gatling gun?

Kaidhi is one of the best finest movie from Karthi what film after name shiva.kaki.this film in is career cinematography is next level no words bgm extraordinary direction unbelievable

The movie is very entertaining but tosses all common sense out of the window. Suh a huge gang whose single consignment loss will be 840 crores but no one in the whole gang has a gun even when they seize a huge gun from the gang arrest. But no one has a handgun all henchmen just have knives. What a stupid logic that no one Carries a gun and just knives. And even 30 people are unable to break even windows and if they had guns they could just shoot the lock on the grill but no they dont have guns so the whole night is wasted in breaking in

This flim is compared to very comfort than bigileeeey

Unbelievable one once again from South.

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All these movies of recent times will be cult classics after another generation; like we have Nayagan, Thalapathy, Ambe Sivam now.

Kaithi will definitely find a place somewhere in top 5.