Avinash Ramachandran of Cinema Express gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Maaman worked as long as it was just about the primary conflict.Read at source
Maaman 2025 
Synopsis
Maaman
Maaman (transl. Uncle) is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Prasanth Pandiyaraj, from a story written by Soori, and produced by K. Kumar under Lark Studios.
- Director
- Prasanth Pandiyaraj
- Studio
- —
- Run time
- 151 min
- Language
- Tamil
Reviews
8 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Unfavorable
Critics' aggregate for Maaman is 43/100 from 7 scored critic/publication reviews.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 9 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Watch points
- direction
Positive 3
Kirubhakar Purushothaman of News 18 gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Maaman will strike many such chords throughout.Read at source
Abhinav Subramanian of The Times of India rated with 2.5/5 stars and wrote "The strain of integrating into a close-knit family, the subtle power dynamics, even a child's need for boundaries.Read at source
Critical 5
Anandu Suresh of The Indian Express rated the film 1.5/5 stars and wrote "Maaman, in fact, shows that the makers missed a golden opportunity to create a full-fledged romantic film with the two."Read at source
Anusha Sundar of OTTPlay rated the film 2/5 stars and wrote "Soori's family drama suffers from misdirected emotions and overstretched familial bonds".Read at source
Bhuvanesh Chandar of The Hindu wrote "Director Prasanth Pandiyaraj’s film fails to build on its intriguing central conflict, and the many regressive undertones only take away from its good intentions.Read at source
Janani K of India Today rated the film 2/5 stars and wrote "While the film sets up nice conflicts, it often gets subverted due to skewed ideas about family."Read at source
Latha Srinivasan of Hindustan Times rated with 2/5 stars and wrote "this Soori Tamil drama is underwhelming and overly reliant on family sentiment."Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Soundtrack
- Kallaliye Kallaliye Hesham Abdul Wahab, Sharanya Srinivas
- Azhage Agarame Ravi G
- Dheivamagane Dheivamagane K. S. Harisankar
- Kannale Pesuma Shweta Mohan
- Vizhuthe Thalavizhuthe Sean Roldan, Sanjana Kalmanje
- Vaanam Kizhiyuthu Job Kurian
Technical specs
- Run time
- 151 min
- Language
- Tamil
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Prasanth Pandiyaraj
Trivia
- The film stars Soori alongside Rajkiran, Aishwarya Lekshmi, and Swasika in key roles.
- Maaman was released worldwide in theaters on 16 May 2025 to mixed reviews from critics.
- The title was revealed on 16 December 2024 following an inaugural pooja ceremony in Trichy.
- This project marks the consecutive collaboration of producer K. Kumar's Lark Studios with Soori after their work on Garudan (2024).
- Cinematography was handled by Dinesh Purushothaman, editing by Ganesh Siva, and music by Hesham Abdul Wahab.
