Ashwin S of Cinema Express gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "While it is technically strong, the film has flaws when it comes to its screenplay.Read at source
Madras Matinee 2025 
Synopsis
Madras Matinee
Madras Matinee is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language family drama film written, co-produced and directed by debutant director Karthikeyan Mani and produced under the banner Madras Motion Pictures. The film features Kaali Venkat, Roshini Haripriyan, Shelly Kishore, Vishva and Sathyaraj in the lead roles, alongside George Maryan, Chaams, Sunil Sukhada, and Archana Chandhoke in pivotal roles. Madras Matinee was theatrically released on 6 June 2025.
- Director
- Karthikeyan Mani
- Studio
- —
- Run time
- 135 min
- Language
- Tamil
Reviews
2 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Unfavorable
Critics' aggregate for Madras Matinee is 45/100 from Abhinav Subramanian (The Times of India) and Ashwin S (Cinema Express).
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 2 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Positive 1
Critical 1
Abhinav Subramanian of The Times of India gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Madras Matinee wants desperately to find poetry in the prosaic, meaning in the mundane.Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Soundtrack
- Enna Da Polappu Idhu Vadivelu
- Usure Unna Thaane Vijay Yesudas
- Kai Mel Nilavai S. P. Charan
Technical specs
- Run time
- 135 min
- Language
- Tamil
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Karthikeyan Mani
Trivia
- The film was written, co-produced, and directed by debutant director Karthikeyan Mani under the banner Madras Motion Pictures.
- Sathyaraj, Kaali Venkat, Roshini Haripriyan, Shelly Kishore, and Vishva feature in the lead roles alongside George Maryan, Chaams, Sunil Sukhada, and Archana Chandhoke in pivotal roles.
- The song 'Enna Da Polappu Idhu' sung by Vadivelu marks his first attempt to lend his voice for a film in which he has not acted.
- Madras Matinee was theatrically released on 6 June 2025, after being previously scheduled for 23 May 2025.
- The film is set to premiere on Sun NXT and Amazon Prime Video on 4 July 2025.
- Cinematography was handled by Anand G K, music by K C Balasarangan, editing by Satheesh Kumar Samuski, and art direction by Jackie.
