Abhinav Subramanian of The Times of India gave 2/5 stars and wrote "The comedy offers sporadic chuckles but doesn't consistently land with impact.Read at source
Sumo 2025 
Synopsis
Sumo
Sumo is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language sports comedy film directed by S. P. Hosimin, starring Shiva, Priya Anand and Yoshinori Tashiro with VTV Ganesh, Yogi Babu and Sathish in supporting roles.
- Director
- S. P. Hosimin
- Studio
- —
- Run time
- —
- Language
- Tamil
Reviews
4 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Unfavorable
Critics' aggregate for Sumo is 38/100 from 4 scored critic/publication reviews.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 4 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Watch points
- emotional impact
Critical 4
Anusha Sundar of OTTPlay gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "Sumo has been put together to be a sports comedy entertainer.Read at source
Avinash Ramachandran of The Indian Express gave 2/5 stars and wrote "With the strength of the film seemingly lying in comedy, the detours into emotional zones, and some serious zones are distracting at best, and infuriating at their worst.Read at source
Narayani M of Cinema Express gave 2/5 stars and wrote "The film's failure to resonate with audiences could be attributed to its datedness as Sumo was scheduled to be released almost five years ago.Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Soundtrack
- Aazhiye Naresh Iyer, Hevin Booster, Nithyasree, Rose Veronica, Deepti Reddy
- Kathiri Veyilil
- Ganapathy Nivas K. Prasanna
- Kanavugal
Technical specs
- Language
- Tamil
- Country
- IN
- Director
- S. P. Hosimin
Trivia
- The film stars Shiva, Priya Anand, and Yoshinori Tashiro, with VTV Ganesh, Yogi Babu, and Sathish in supporting roles.
- Yoshinori Tashiro, a former Sumo wrestler, plays an important role in the film alongside eighteen other Sumo wrestlers.
- Shiva wrote the screenplay, handled the casting, and scouted locations for the film.
- A major portion of the principal photography took place in Japan.
- The film was released in theatres on 25 April 2025 after being delayed from its initial 2021 schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The film began streaming on Sun NXT from 23 May 2025.
