Akshay Kumar of Cinema Express gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Self-awareness is the biggest strength of DD Next Level and it is also a risk taken by the director.Read at source
DD Next Level 2025 
Synopsis
DD Next Level
Devil's Double Next Level (previously known as DD Next Level) is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language satirical comedy horror film written and directed by S. Prem Anand. Produced by The Show People and Niharika Entertainment, the film stars Santhanam, Selvaraghavan, Gautham Vasudev Menon and Geethika Tiwary in the lead roles.
- Director
- S. Prem Anand
- Studio
- —
- Run time
- 133 min
- Language
- Tamil
Reviews
5 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Unfavorable
Critics' aggregate for DD Next Level is 40/100 from 4 scored critic/publication reviews.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 6 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Watch points
- writing
Positive 2
Bhuvanesh Chandar of The Hindu stated "After a hilariously meta first half, S Prem Anand’s horror comedy turns into a dreadful mess."Read at source
Critical 3
Abhinav Subramanian of The Times of India rated with 2/5 stars and wrote "When the most memorable parts of your comedy are the awkward silences where the jokes were supposed to be, it’s a clear sign that the script might have needed a few more levels of refinement."Read at source
Janani K of India Today rated with 2/5 stars and wrote "Barring a few fun gags, the film is replete with outdated fart jokes."Read at source
Latha Srinivasan of Hindustan Times rated with 1/5 stars and wrote "Fails to capitalise on its unique premise of film reviewers, devolving into a confusing mix of horror and comedy."Read at source
Details
Soundtrack
- Kissa 47 OfRo
- Arey Bapre Punya Selva, Rockzane
- Cinemakaran Vangal Pulla Vicky
- Gada Gada Gana Francis, Urban Thozha
- Bro Bro Bro Santhanam
- Mella Saav OfRo
Technical specs
- Run time
- 133 min
- Language
- Tamil
- Country
- IN
- Director
- S. Prem Anand
Trivia
- The film stars Santhanam, Selvaraghavan, Gautham Vasudev Menon, and Geethika Tiwary in the lead roles.
- Devil's Double Next Level was released on 16 May 2025 in theaters to mixed reviews from critics.
- It is the fourth instalment in the Dhilluku Dhuddu film series.
- The film was officially announced as a sequel to DD Returns (2023) on 7 July 2024 by Arya and Santhanam.
- The film is produced by Venkat Boyanapalli under his Niharika Entertainment banner and presented by Arya under his The Show People banner.
