Anusha Sundar of OTTPlay gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Maharaja is a film that feeds you information in every frame and second, so losing a grip on it might leave you unable to understand when the knots are tied."Read at source
Maharaja 2024 
Synopsis
Maharaja
Maharaja (transl. The Great King) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Nithilan Saminathan. Produced by The Route, Think Studios and Passion Studios, the film stars Vijay Sethupathi, alongside Anurag Kashyap and Sachana Namidass (in her major film debut), with Mamta Mohandas, Natty Subramaniam, Abhirami, Divyabharathi, Singampuli, Aruldoss, Munishkanth, Manikandan and Bharathiraja in key roles.
- Director
- Nithilan Saminathan
- Studio
- —
- Run time
- 141 min
- Language
- Tamil
Reviews
10 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Mixed
Critics' aggregate for Maharaja is 68/100 from 7 scored critic/publication reviews including Rotten Tomatoes.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 12 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- performances
- writing
Positive 10
Arjun Menon of Rediff.com gave 4/5 stars and wrote "Maharaja is a surprisingly novel outing, rejuvenating the tired tropes of revenge films with a morally challenging revelation in the final hour, that compensates for the little contrivances in the writing."Read at source
Bhuvanesh Chandar of The Hindu wrote "Maharaja is yet another sign of the serious filmmaker Nithilan is, and shows us how a good writer can convert even a dated idea into a gripping big-screen experience."Read at source
Gowtham of Uyirmmai wrote that Maharaja wears the crown of box office by its gripping screenplay.Read at source
K of India Today gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Maharaja has a lot going on.Read at source
Latha Srinivasan of Hindustan Times wrote "Director Nithilan Swaminathan and Vijay Sethupathi have delivered a film that’s definitely worthy of your time."Read at source
Manikandan KR of Times Now gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Maharaja is a fairly good revenge/investigative drama that primarily works because of fine performances from its entire cast and some exceptional work by its stuntmen and stunt choreographer."Read at source
Rakesh Tara of ABP News gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Maharaja is an ambitious attempt to blend serious societal issues with commercial cinema elements.Read at source
Roopa Radhakrishnan of The Times of India gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Vijay Sethupathi is wonderful in his 50th film, and he has a well-written role at his disposal."Read at source
Swathi P Ajith of Onmanorama wrote "Maharaja is undoubtedly a thrilling revenge drama that deserves to be watched in theatres."Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Soundtrack
- Thayee Thayee Sid Sriram
- Raja Paya Onnu Jithin Raj, Harshika Devanath
Technical specs
- Run time
- 141 min
- Language
- Tamil
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Nithilan Saminathan
Trivia
- The film stars Vijay Sethupathi, marking his 50th film as a lead actor under the tentative title VJS50.
- Principal photography commenced in February 2023 and took place predominantly in Chennai throughout a single schedule.
- Anurag Kashyap appears in the film alongside his major film debut actress Sachana Namidass.
- The movie set the record for the highest-grossing South Indian film in China.
- Maharaja emerged as the fourth highest-grossing Tamil film of 2024.
