Anandu Suresh of The Indian Express wrote "Whenever it shifts to the wrestling matches, Chatha Pacha is immediately as good as it can get.Read at source
Chatha Pacha: The Ring of Rowdies
Chatha Pacha: The Ring of Rowdies (slang for "Do or Die") (marketed as Chatha Pacha) is a 2026 Indian Malayalam-language action-comedy film directed by Adhvaith Nayar and written by Sanoop Thykoodam. The film follows three brothers who establish an amateur, locally-run, WWE-inspired underground wrestling promotion in Fort Kochi. The film stars Arjun Ashokan, Roshan Mathew, Vishak Nair, and Ishan Shoukath, along with Siddique and Lakshmi Menon in supporting roles.
- Director
- Adhvaith Nayar
- Studio
- —
- Run time
- 134 min
- Language
- Malayalam
Reviews
8 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Generally Positive
Wikipedia-cited reviews for Chatha Pacha: The Ring of Rowdies are generally positive overall across 8 collected excerpts. The cited excerpts do not provide enough numeric scores for an aggregate. Positive excerpts point to writing, visual craft.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-keyless-enricher) from 8 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- writing
- visual craft
Positive 8
S. of The Times of India wrote "Adhvaith Nayar's Chatha Pacha is a film with its share of ups and downs.Read at source
Praveen of The Hindu wrote "The popularity of WWE owed more to the careful scripting of its fight sequences, even though it had hardly any similarity to the actual sport of wrestling.Read at source
Sajin Shrijith of The Week wrote "With its post-intermission segments being stronger than the rest, Chatha Pacha is like that wrestling match that proves rewarding if you are patient enough to stay with it, instead of being irked with the few unremarkable and familiar bits we see early on, and a couple of attempts at forced humour."Read at source
Sanjay Ponnappa of India Today wrote "Chatha Pacha: The Ring of Rowdies arrived with a lot of anticipation but struggles to match up to it.Read at source
Ajith of OnManorama wrote "Chatha Pacha: The Ring of Rowdies may not break new narrative ground, but it works as an entertainer driven by energy, nostalgia, and visual bravado.Read at source
Vignesh Madhu of The New Indian Express wrote "WWE has never been about who wins, but about how convincingly the performers sell the spectacle.Read at source
Vishal Menon of The Hollywood Reporter India wrote "Chatha Pacha may not be a Stone Cold stunner, but works as a lovingly-made tribute to a group of boys, who dared to try it at home... just like we all did."Read at source
Media & trailers
Verified video records attached to this title.
Details
Soundtrack
- Chatha Pacha Title Track Shankar Mahadevan, Siddharth Mahadevan, Fejo
- Nenjile Shankar Mahadevan, Vijay Yesudas, Anoop Sankar
- Naattile Rowdies Benny Dayal
- Level Up Anand Sreeraj, MC Couper, DAWgeek
- Carnival Shankar Mahadevan, Pranavam Sasi, MC Couper
Technical specs
- Run time
- 134 min
- Language
- Malayalam
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Adhvaith Nayar
Trivia
- The film marks the directorial debut of Adhvaith Nayar, who is Mohanlal's nephew.
- Principal photography began on 11 June 2025 and concluded on 8 November 2025.
- Mammootty appears in a cameo role as 'Bullet' Walter Lopez in the film.
- The movie title 'Chatha Pacha' was adopted from a dialogue in the 2002 film Kalyanaraman.
- All cast members underwent three months of specialized wrestling training before filming.
- The film was officially announced on 9 March 2025 with the title Chatha Pacha.