Anusha Sundar of OTTPlay gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Dragon warrants for a theatre watch.Read at source
Dragon 2025 
Synopsis
Dragon
Dragon is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age comedy drama film directed by Ashwath Marimuthu, who co-wrote the story with Pradeep Ranganathan. Produced by AGS Entertainment, the film stars Pradeep in the titular role, alongside Anupama Parameswaran and Kayadu Lohar (in her Tamil debut). Mysskin, Gautham Vasudev Menon, K.
- Director
- Ashwath Marimuthu
- Studio
- —
- Run time
- —
- Language
- —
Reviews
8 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Generally Positive
Critics' aggregate for Dragon is 70/100 from 6 scored critic/publication reviews.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 8 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- performances
- direction
- writing
- emotional impact
Positive 8
Avinash Ramachandran of The Indian Express gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "With a terrific Pradeep Ranganathan in the lead, director Ashwath Marimuthu and his team have delivered a heavily preachy yet immensely entertaining film that knows its audience."Read at source
Bhuvanesh Chandar of The Hindu wrote "Ragavan's story is a modern take, an antidote, to the countless Tamil college dramas with heroes proclaiming the swag with which young men should carry themselves."Read at source
Ganesh Aaglave of Firstpost gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "On the whole, Dragon is a full-on entertainer with a good social message, which makes an impact without being preachy."Read at source
Harshini SV of The Times of India gave 4/5 stars and wrote "'Ashwath Marimuthu's second outing is also a fun, emotional, and fully charged ride."Read at source
Janani K of India Today gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Dragon is a satisfying watch with minor shortcomings.Read at source
Kirubhakar Purushothaman of News18 gave 4/5 stars and wrote " The genius of Ashwath's writing is its thought-out screenplay structure.Read at source
Latha Srinivasan of Hindustan Times wrote "Dragon is a film that is fun and entertaining with an underlying social message that is important at this point in time.Read at source
Media & trailers
Verified video records attached to this title.
Details
Soundtrack
- Yendi Vittu Pona Silambarasan
- Rise of Dragon Anirudh Ravichander, Nadisha Thomas, El Fé Choir
- Vazhithunaiye Sid Sriram, Sanjana Kalamanje
- Maatikkinaaru Orutharu Gana Apellow
- Maname Maname Pradeep Kumar
- Iraivaa Yuvan Shankar Raja
Technical specs
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Ashwath Marimuthu
Trivia
- The film stars Pradeep Ranganathan in the titular role, marking his first collaboration with director Ashwath Marimuthu.
- Kayadu Lohar makes her Tamil film debut in the movie alongside Anupama Parameswaran.
- Principal photography commenced in Chennai in May 2024 and was nearly complete by October of that year.
- The film was released worldwide on 21 February 2025 in both standard and EPIQ formats.
- Dragon earned over ₹150 crore, briefly becoming one of the highest-grossing Tamil films of 2025.
- The production was officially announced in April 2024 under the tentative titles #AGS26 and #PradeepAshwathCombo.
