Kootathil Oruthan movie review: Live audience response

Ashok Selvan started his career on a promising note and was part of successful movies like Soodhu Kavvum, Thegidi and Pizza II: Villa. But what followed next were back-to-back failures. This forced the young talent to select scripts wisely and in the process, he came across Kootathil Oruthan. Unfortunately, after hitting the floors, the movie was delayed for one or the other reason and after two years, it is finally before the audience.

Kootathil Oruthan is written and directed by TJ Gnanavel and bankrolled by SR Prabhu. Priya Anand is the female lead in the movie, which has Samuthirakani, Anupama Kumar, Bala Saravanan, Nassar and others in the cast. A big list of stars that include Suriya, Sivakarthikeyan and Vijay Sethupathi has done guest appearances in the Tamil flick.

The movie has Nivas K Prasanna's music and his Enda Ippadi, Nee Indri and Maatrangal Ondre Dhaan tracks have struck the chord with the audiences. Kootathil Oruthan has PK Varma's cinematography and Leo John Paul's editing.

Story:
Ashok Selvan plays the role of Arvind, an underachiever and his love interest Priya Anand will be seen in the role of Janani, who has excelled in many things in her life. The hero does not like to move out of his comfort zone and how an average Joe transforms to stand out from rest forms the crux of the story.

Reviews:
Below, read the audience response to Kootathil Oruthan, which released on Friday, July 28:

Rajasekar: Liked #KootathilOruthan - neat feel-good film with a noble message. Good debut for director Gnanavel
#KootathilOruthan - Loved @nivaskprasanna 's songs and BGM, big ➕ for the film
#KootathilOruthan first half - @PriyaAnand looks super pretty. Got a good scope in the screenplay proceedings, nicely done so far
#KootathilOruthan first half - looks like yet another quality film from @prabhu_sr and team. So far so good @ashokselvan steals the show

Prashanth Rangaswamy‏: #KootathilOruthan interval - Very clean and neat so far. Bala Saravanan is rocking with his one liners !Measured acting from @AshokSelvan !

Sathish Kumar: #KootathilOruthan revolves around the like of Middle Bencher with message oriented climax. @AshokSelvan impresses with his acting skills.

Kaushik LM: #KootathilOruthan - Kudos to Dir Gnanavel & editor @leojohnpaultw for keeping it a tight 2 hrs. Largely engaging & connects the right way
#KootathilOruthan - @AshokSelvan's career best! He's given it his all with good variations. The film is a full meals feelgood package
#KootathilOruthan 2nd half - Ends very well with a +ve, uplifting msg which will connect to all. Well done team. Ideal family entertainer.