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Kannai Nambathey

  • 2023
  • 2h 11m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
867
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Bhoomika Chawla, Srikanth, Prasanna, Udhayanidhi Stalin, Sathish, and Aathmika in Kannai Nambathey (2023)
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CrimeDramaThriller

It revolves around a mysterious man who justifies his crime. According to him, people commit crimes for two reasons; to hide wrongdoing or to ensure a flawless future.It revolves around a mysterious man who justifies his crime. According to him, people commit crimes for two reasons; to hide wrongdoing or to ensure a flawless future.It revolves around a mysterious man who justifies his crime. According to him, people commit crimes for two reasons; to hide wrongdoing or to ensure a flawless future.

  • Director
    • Mu. Maran
  • Writer
    • Mu. Maran
  • Stars
    • Aathmika
    • Arulnithi
    • Bujji Babu
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    867
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mu. Maran
    • Writer
      • Mu. Maran
    • Stars
      • Aathmika
      • Arulnithi
      • Bujji Babu
    • 9User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Aathmika
    Aathmika
    • Divya
    Arulnithi
    Arulnithi
    • Bharath
    • (voice)
    Bujji Babu
    • Raghu
    Bhoomika Chawla
    Bhoomika Chawla
    • Savita
    • (as Bhumika Chawla)
    • …
    Gnanasambandan Gurunathan
    Gnanasambandan Gurunathan
    • Divya's Father
    • (as Gnanasambandam Gurunathan)
    Karate Karthi
    • Blackmailer
    Pala Karuppaiah
    Pala Karuppaiah
    • Mu. Aalavanthaan, Health Minister
    Vasundhara Kashyap
    Vasundhara Kashyap
    • Vasundhara
    Subiksha Krishnan
    • Aparna
    Chitra Lakshmanan
    Chitra Lakshmanan
    • Arun's MD
    Madhesh
    G. Marimuthu
    • Inspector Azhagar
    Tha. Muruganatham
    Aadhira Pandilakshmi
    • Hemavathy
    Prasanna
    Prasanna
    • Somu
    Jeeva Ravi
    • Police Commissioner
    Sathish
    Sathish
    • Jagan
    Sendrayan
    Sendrayan
    • Simon
    • Director
      • Mu. Maran
    • Writer
      • Mu. Maran
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    User reviews9

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    7JakDexxter

    Actually liked it barring the last 45 minutes

    Just finished watching this movie on Netflix. I quite like the director's previous outing (Iravukku Ayiram Kangal) and the protagonist's previous outing (Kalaga Thalaivan).

    Coming to Kannai Nambathey, I was actually quite impressed with first 90 minutes of the movie. Unfortunately, the same clarity in writing is not maintained in the last 45 minutes.

    Had the last 45 minutes of the movie handled differently, the result would have been a little better. However, if you are into crime drama thrillers this a very good watch for the weekend.

    Quite liked the performance of Vasundhara Kashyap. Snall role though.
    7sriramthestranger

    Only Twists, not narration!

    The story picks off when the protagonist decides to help a stranger and gets caught in a murder after murder case. The characters are all connected and looks too contrived. The reveal does not bring any surprise, and predictable at places. The motive of antagonist lacks punch, and is only focused on twists rather than a compelling narration.

    The Director in the pursuit of surprising the audience made it difficult to comprehend and it just appears twist after twist with poorly established characters. Satish character and auto driver character are not needed for this storyline, but just kept for so called comedy relief!!
    3acee1611

    What?

    This movie is crazy like there's many characters and cars but it all just doesn't match up together like the start and 15 minutes later are completely different. While the director probably imagined that it would all line up together by the end but it didn't buy I mean well some of it did. But it's mostly just people doing crimes which leads to another person doing a crime and all that and the plot gets lost by the one hour mark..I can see this being a better movie if the actors had done a better job and if the movie wasn't confusing yet it was ...Some parts are so bad like 1. A car just flips over because of a gunshot through a window. And 2. A guy takes a phone call through the wrong side of the phone like what..overall,utter garbage don't watch if u haven't...
    1yasiru1991

    A Big Mess Up

    Story is really boring . Story has huge plot holes which makes you leave the film halfway. Director tries to make a fancy thriller movie plot by connecting dots of several events. But he failed it really badly and resulted in no continuous story whatsoever. Director/Writer was trying to mimic a great thriller crime genre movie but springing a surprise twist at the end. But there was terrible connection with the events and the way film connected the events was hilarious.

    Indian cinema have produced some fantastic storylines under this genre such as Raatchasan but this movie seems just a commercial movie made hurriedly for Netflix.

    Please avoid watching this.!
    1saru2020

    CRAP

    This is probably the worst movie of the decade from Tamil Cinema, what a waste of time, energy, money, and other resources.

    Though the plot was good enough to make a good film, the screenplay was so poorly designed and the overall making was spoiled so much that it felt like watching something awful.

    All the characters probably did their job well as was expected but the overall outcome felt like a mix of awful in-digestible ingredients stirred up.

    The reason I watched this anti-EPIC was just because of the protagonist as he has recently chosen somewhat decent scripts but this one was utter nonsense and the last phone call from ArulNidhi just didn't work at all.

    A total waste of time.

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    • Release date
      • March 17, 2023 (India)
    • Country of origin
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    • Language
      • Tamil
    • Production company
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