3BHK

Revolving around a middle class family that dreams of having their own house someday, 3BHK is an emotional family drama that many people will be able to relate with themselves.

The film portrays an honest, if not accurate, portrayal of a middle class family that goes through a lot in their personal lives, to grow and buy a house for themselves. Siddharth as Prabhu was a good act as an underperforming son, while the rest of the cast did a good job too.

The only thorn was the uneven pacing and multiple time skips throughout the movie. I just feel like the characters and their struggles could have been explored a little more. At 140 minutes, the film feels a little stretched out, given the story of the film. While I praise the film for it's story and emotional value, the plot itself was formulaic and functional.

Overall, 3BHK is a relatable story brought to the screen with good characters and emotional depth; but required more than formulaic treatment. Still, this movie deserves to be seen more..!!

My Rating : 3.5/5.

As a story - If you have been through the middleclass struggle, this film draws upon some of your lived experiences and hits you different. Countless people, sadly, strive to buy a house just to earn the society's respect for their family and this film addresses that. Unless you've been driven by such a desire, the film won't hit you in the feels the way it wants to. Those who've not lived that life will likely nitpicks and those who come from a place of privilege may find this film a tad dramatic, but my hope is that they're still able to leave the film with an optimism towards their future.

As a film - the casting for this film was interesting, Sarathkumar plays an understated head of the family, upon whom rest all the pressures, and he continues to stay resilient and move through life. Devayani evoked nostalgia but that's about it; anybody else could have played that role. Siddharth and Meetha shine through, and so does Chaithra, in her limited screentime. She and Siddharth had great chemistry. That scene at the store.......that was intense. I'd totally watch a spinoff about just them.

Aspects of the film felt...'commercial' every now and then; like, nobody in a 'lower-middleclass' family makes a checklist for monthly household savings on a chart-paper and sticks it on the wall (especially when you're in school...?) But gladly, this wasn't overdone to the extent that it took you out of the plot. The writing does enough to make you care enough to see if they end up buying a house or not and what that payoff looks like.

In an age when Tamil cinema seems to rely on bad, done-and-dusted, over-the-top action tropes, a film based on the tried and tested 'family values' isn't easy but the makers of 3BHK do enough to make sure you care for the family, their success and leaves with a feeling of "Ok, that was motivating. I guess figure this out". Watch this with your family!

The 1st half of the film was really gripping and amazing , emotionally touching and the film was close to reality the emotional scenes worked very well in the 1st half but the 2nd had forcely stuffed and dumped in emotion and humour which was not much attractive but it had a good ending and the last 20 mins of the film was really good. Worth for one time watch .

Rating - 3.75/5

A small emotionally moving feel good family drama with intense performances deeply resonating family moments.

The plot of the story revolves around the long term dream of Vasudevan & family for owning a home and how the family go through the harsh realities and fate in the race of life in cherishing their greatest desire of life.

Big hugs to Sri Ganesh for pulling off a warm and beautiful family story that drives the emotions and takes the audience along with the characters leaving you cherish your own life journey,moments and realisations you gained through your life journey. He has effortlessly portrayed the struggles, emotions and relationship dynamics of each character in the family through precise moments so brilliantly in a way viewers can very much relate. Hats off to the team for giving a refreshing experience through this movie.

Hats off to the team for the stellar casting in the movie. Exceptional performances by Sarath Kumar, Sidharth, Chaithra, Devayani, Meetha Reghunath, Yogi Babu & Vivek Prasanna.

Good work by DOP Dinesh Krishnan & Jithin Stansilaus, Editor Ganesh Siva for the perfect cuts, Music director Amrit Ramnath with subtle BGM's, soothing music & Production Designer Vinoth in elevating this movie to a wholesome package of emotions.

A must watch movie that will definitely leave you in happy tears gracefully reflecting on our family lives and growing up years.

Middle-class would have been good title for this movie. Those who planned(planning) to buy a new house would definitely connect to this movie. All artists really well. Their acting was natural. Everyone had their role and neatly done(Sarath, devayani, Siddharth, meetha, chaitra) . Was there no negative? Yes there were few(few lag scenes, some repeated dialogues, Sarath putting his pressure on his son, Siddharth as school boy character, sometime some acting looked but artificial, few comic scenes would have been stress buster, thanks to few yogibabu scenes) but those can be ignored given the content and struggle of middle-class to purchase a home is clearly portrayed. Message was also clear, Some decisions will not go our way, unexpected situations might arise, some decisions should be taken at right time, failure is not end of world. Cinematography and music was good. No vulgar or unwanted scenes. Can be watched with family.