Latha Srinivasan of Hindustan Times gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Mazhai Pidikatha Manithan is a lacklustre film that doesn’t have much going for it.Read at source
Mazhai Pidikkatha Manithan 2024 
Synopsis
Mazhai Pidikkatha Manithan
Mazhai Pidikkatha Manithan (transl. The man who hates rain) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by S. D.
- Director
- Vijay Milton
- Studio
- —
- Run time
- 133 min
- Language
- Tamil
Reviews
7 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Unfavorable
Critics' aggregate for Mazhai Pidikkatha Manithan is 35/100 from 4 scored critic/publication reviews.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 8 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Watch points
- writing
Positive 3
Prashanth Vallavan of Cinema Express gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Bizarre directorial choices make this film a chaotic mess".Read at source
Roopa Radhakrishnan of The Times of India gave it 2.5/5 and wrote, "a film that fell into the trap of trying to be a testosterone-filled crowd thriller.Read at source
Critical 4
Anusha Sundar of OTTplay gave it 1.5/5 and wrote, "While the screenplay is fast-apced, the lack of character depth and unreal character arcs may leave you wanting more."Read at source
Avinash Ramachandran of The Indian Express rated the film 1.5/5 and wrote that "They often say third time’s the charm, but in the case of Mazhai Pidikatha Manithan, the third instalment in the Salim franchise is no charm but just a lot of harm due to the possibility of a fourth.Read at source
Gopinath Rajendran of The Hindu wrote, "Mazhai Pidikkatha Manithan is a painfully predictable plot riddled with uninteresting characters stuck in unsurprising happenings".Read at source
Janani K of India Today rated the film 1.5/5 and wrote that "Mazhai Pidikatha Manithan is yet another bad film in Vijay Antony and Vijay Milton's filmography."Read at source
Media & trailers
Verified video records attached to this title.
Details
Soundtrack
- Theera Mazhai Roy
- Thediye Poren Jyotsna Radhakrishnan
- Ivan Yaaro Vijay Antony
- Aham Brahmasmi Achu Rajamani
- Dhinamum Kaanum Vijay Antony, Vagu Mazan
Technical specs
- Run time
- 133 min
- Language
- Tamil
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Vijay Milton
Trivia
- The film stars Vijay Antony alongside Sathyaraj, R. Sarathkumar, Megha Akash, Dhananjaya, Murali Sharma, Saranya Ponvannan, Pruthvi Ambaar, and Thalaivasal Vijay.
- It was reported to be a sequel to Salim, but star Vijay Antony denied the reports.
- Mazhai Pidikkatha Manithan was released on 2 August 2024 to negative reviews from critics.
- The film is directed by S. D. Vijay Milton and produced by Infiniti Film Ventures.
- The story involves a secret Indian force code named 'Code 2223' and a character who develops a hatred of rain.
- The film was filmed in locations including Chennai and a remote village in the Andaman Islands.
