Abhinav Subramanian of The Times of India rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars, saying it "delivers a mix of suspense and humor that keeps audiences engaged throughout", noting its faithfulness to the original.Read at source
Andhagan
Puducherry-based Krishna "Krish" is an up-and-coming pianist who fakes being blind as an experiment to improve his piano skills. While crossing the street, he is knocked over by Julie. She takes care of Krish and Julie being impressed by Krish's talent, they begin a romantic relationship. Krish wears opaque lenses to practice playing piano, but after meeting Julie, he is tempted to look at her. He stops wearing his opaque lenses, and simply pretends to be blind. At a diner, a retired actor, Karthick, notices Krish and invites him to give a private performance for his wedding anniversary. Krish arrives at Karthick's flat and Karthick's wife Simi opens the door. Simi, to avoid a nosey neighbour, D'Susa, who happens to be watching and seeing that Krish is blind, lets Krish inside to play the piano.
- Director
- Thyagarajan
- Release
- 9 Aug 2024
- Run time
- 135 min
- Language
- Tamil
Reviews
Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Mixed
Wikipedia-cited reviews for Andhagan are mixed overall across 7 collected excerpts. The numeric critic average from cited scores is 63/100. Positive excerpts point to writing. Critical excerpts point to performances.
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Anusha Sundar of OTTPlay gave the film a favourable review, noting that Andhagan, unlike other Indian films remakes, "intelligently retains the clean and smart screenplay, to elevate the Tamil version with its brilliant casting and production".Read at source
Avinash Ramachandran of The Indian Express rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Somehow, Thiagarajan’s loyalty to Sriram Raghavan’s writing holds Andhagan in good stead, and it only gets better with the effective casting".Read at source
Gopinath Rajendran of The Hindu wrote that the film "lacks the zaniness of Andhadhun and some of the scenes fall flat but it’s the primary cast’s sheer performance that keeps the film in check", particularly Prashanth and Simran.Read at source
Latha Srinivasan of Hindustan Times, despite noting the film's faithfulness, said the remake "definitely falls short in numerous aspects including the casting and music".Read at source
Janani K of India Today also appreciated the film's faithfulness to Andhadhun and described the remake's casting as its "biggest strength".Read at source
Narayani M of Cinema Express rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, saying, "Despite the lack of surprises, Andhagan holds on to its strongest feature—a solid screenplay" and lauded the cast performances, including those with limited screentime, but felt Priya Anand's character was "extremely unidimensional".Read at source
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Technical specs
- Release date
- 9 Aug 2024
- Run time
- 135 min
- Language
- Tamil
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Thyagarajan
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