Maareesan Movie Review
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25 Jul 2025
What we know
A petty thief embarks on a road trip with an elderly man suffering from memory loss under deceptive pretenses. As they journey across Tamil Nadu, the promise of an easy con unravels into a quietly shifting connection, with both men hiding secrets of their own.
Cast and crew
VadiveluVelayutham
Fahadh FaasilDhayalan
Kovai SaralaFareeda
SitharaMeenakshi
RenukaDhayalan's mother
Vivek PrasannaNetwork Ganesh
P.L. ThenappanKanagaraj
Saravana SubbiahJudge
LivingstonChaari
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Maareesan movie review: what critics say (3)
What critics say Critics are divided: 1 of 3 rated critics gave it 3.5 or more, 2 gave it 2 or less. Praised: the emotion.
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Maareesan Movie Review: What could have been a wholesome, thematically rich, and philosophically engaging road trip drama suddenly turns into a crime thriller loaded with simplistic social commentary
Read the full reviewFahadh Faasil and Vadivelu do most of the heavy lifting in this comedy thriller while director Sudheesh Sankar and others just watch with the cameras on.
Read the full reviewMaareesan works best when it lets its contradictions breathe - two criminals finding kinship in their damaged moral compasses, each justifying their crimes through different lenses.
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Questions
When did Maareesan release?
25 Jul 2025.
Who is in the cast of Maareesan?
Vadivelu, Fahadh Faasil, Kovai Sarala, Sithara, Renuka, Vivek Prasanna, P.L. Thenappan, Saravana Subbiah.
Who directs Maareesan?
Sudheesh Shankar.
What do critics say about Maareesan?
3 critic reviews are on this page. Each one shows the critic, a short excerpt and a link to the full review.