Abhinav Subramanian of The Times of India gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Maareesan works best when it lets its contradictions breathe - two criminals finding kinship in their damaged moral compasses, each justifying their crimes through different lenses."Read at source
Maareesan 2025 
Synopsis
Maareesan
Maareesan (transl. Maricha or figuratively, imposter) is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language drama thriller film directed by Sudheesh Sankar, written by V. Krishna Moorthy, and produced by R.
- Director
- Sudheesh Sankar
- Studio
- Super Good Films
- Run time
- —
- Language
- Tamil
Reviews
5 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Mixed
Critics' aggregate for Maareesan is 57/100 from Abhinav Subramanian (The Times of India) and Janani K (India Today) and Prashanth Vallavan (Cinema Express).
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 5 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Positive 4
Janani K of India Today gave 3/5 stars and wrote "'Maareesan' is a comedy thriller that can make you smile, hold you on the edge of your seats and support the morally flawed characters.Read at source
Rajagopalan Venkataraman of Khaleej Times wrote that "The second half ditches everything it had built in the first half and goes in for a different tone.Read at source
Srinivasa Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote "While the first half is a slow burn, reminiscent of many Malayalam films for its pace and sweet nothing-ness, an arresting interval block sets things up nicely for a thriller.Read at source
Critical 1
Prashanth Vallavan of Cinema Express gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Maareesan is pregnant with premises of two perfectly engaging yet tonally different films, which could have worked on their own.Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Soundtrack
- FaFa Song Mathichiyam Bala
- Maareesa Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Ore Oru Yuvan Shankar Raja, Vadivelu
- Theme of Maareesan
Technical specs
- Language
- Tamil
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Sudheesh Sankar
- Studio
- Super Good Films
Trivia
- Maareesan was released in theatres on 25 July 2025.
- The film stars Fahadh Faasil and Vadivelu in the lead roles.
- The film's music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja.
- Super Good Films officially announced the project on 1 January 2024 as their 98th production.
- The film reunites Vadivelu and Kovai Sarala following their collaboration in Mersal (2017).
