Thug Life
Seen it?2025 | 165 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With rough reviews and a box office flop, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and action fans.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Epic and sweeping, at 2 hr 45 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 2 hr 45 min.
- It's in Tamil, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
In a world ruled by crime and betrayal, mafia kingpin Sakthivel and his brother Manikkam rescue a young boy, Amaran, during a violent police shootout and raise him as their own. Years later, when an assassination attempt shakes Sakthivel's empire, suspicion turns inward. Consumed by vengeance, Sakthivel sets out to destroy the very family he once built.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
Mostly negative reviews
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; spent 2 weeks in Netflix's global Top 10; interest faded quickly after launch
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
About 461K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Mani Ratnam
- Kamal HaasanRangaraya Sakthivel
- SilambarasanAmaran
- Trisha KrishnanIndrani
- AbhiramiJeeva
- Ashok SelvanJaikumar Royappa
- Aishwarya LekshmiAnna / Chandra
- NassarManikkam
- Joju GeorgeKanjirapally Pathros
- Ali FazalDeepak Yadav
- Sanjana KrishnamoorthyMangai