Avinash Ramachandran of The Indian Express gave 2.5 stars and wrote "Confining Rajinikanth to a box isn’t easy as the world is still grappling with the dichotomy of being torn between wanting to see Rajinikanth in a new avatar, and wanting to see him exude style and charisma like old times.Read at source
Vettaiyan 2024 
Synopsis
Vettaiyan
Athiyan, a Superintendent of Police in the Kanyakumari district, is a renowned encounter specialist known as "Vettaiyan" for taking down criminals with the help of his team and "Battery" Patrick, a thief-turned-police informer who is also a tech genius. Athiyan receives a complaint from Saranya, a middle-school teacher, from Pechipaarai about marijuana being stored in classrooms, leading to student drug abuse and disrupted classes. Following the tip, Athiyan and his team arrest Kumaresan, the man behind the drug production, and kill him in an encounter, earning public approval but drawing scrutiny of the human rights commission. Justice Sathyadev Bramhadutt Pandey visits the encounter case hearing for observation while the court rules the encounter justified. Saranya gets closer to Athiyan's family and is soon transferred to Chennai. Soon, Saranya is brutally raped and murdered on the terrace of her new school, with her body discovered in the water tank. SP Harish Kumar and ASP Roopa Kiran led the investigation, uncovering Guna, a software engineer and the brother of Saranya's school student Chitra, as the perpetrator due to his alleged addiction to pornography. Teachers protest statewide, demanding Guna's arrest and justice for Saranya.
- Director
- T. J. Gnanavel
- Release
- 10 Oct 2024
- Studio
- Lyca Productions
- Run time
- 163 min
- Language
- Tamil
Reviews
Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Mixed
Wikipedia-cited reviews for Vettaiyan are mixed overall across 8 collected excerpts. The numeric critic average from cited scores is 55/100. Positive excerpts point to direction, visual craft.
Synthesized by AI from 8 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- direction
- visual craft
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Bhuvanesh Chandar of The Hindu wrote "Vettaiyan is a brave attempt to do something the moral compasses of Tamil cinema have long been wishing for, and it’s arguably one of the best Rajinikanth films since Kaala."Read at source
Goutham S of Pinkvilla gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Vettaiyan is an investigative action-drama that is told in a Rajinikanth-style narration.Read at source
Janani K of India Today gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Vettaiyan is a film that will leave you unfulfilled.Read at source
Kirubhakar Purushothaman of News18 gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "TJ Gnanavel’s simple and predictable film leaves us wondering why it needed such supergiants in the first place."Read at source
Latha Srinivasan of Hindustan Times wrote "Vettaiyan is a mixed bag and doesn’t do justice to either Superstar Rajinikanth and his legacy or to director TJ Gnanvel who gave us the powerful Jai Bhim."Read at source
Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Vettaiyan is a Rajinikanth film all the way but it is by no means only for fans of the Thalaivar.Read at source
Sridevi S of The Times of India gave 3/5 stars and wrote "The movie is a predictable investigative thriller-social drama that packs several ‘Rajini moments’ for fans to cherish".Read at source
Details
Technical specs
- Release date
- 10 Oct 2024
- Run time
- 163 min
- Language
- Tamil
- Country
- IN
- Director
- T. J. Gnanavel
- Studio
- Lyca Productions
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