2025·Action·2h 45m
6.6
★
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.
Directed by Mani Ratnam
gangster
father son conflict
waiting for revenge
backstabbing
action
modern samurai
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Cast
Kamal Haasan
Rangaraya Sakthivel
Silambarasan
Amaran
Trisha Krishnan
Indrani
Ashok Selvan
Jaikumar Royappa
Abhirami
Jeeva
Nassar
Manikkam
Joju George
Kanjirapally Pathros
Ali Fazal
Deepak Yadav
Mahesh Manjrekar
Sadanand
Sanjana Krishnamoorthy
Mangai
Aishwarya Lekshmi
Anna / Chandra
Tanikella Bharani
Sivaguru
Crew
Mani Ratnam
Director
Mani Ratnam
Writer
A.R. Rahman
Original Music Composer
Sreekar Prasad
Editor
Mani Ratnam
Producer
Kamal Haasan
Producer
Sivakumar Ananth
Producer
Anand Krishnamoorthi
Sound Designer
Amritha Ram
Costume Designer
Eka Lakhani
Costume Designer
Gopi Prasannaa
Publicist
Sanjana Krishnamoorthy
Assistant Director
Popular Reviews
70 reviews
pleiades
2.0★ · 07/30/25
❝You protected me from the Lord of Death. Our two destinies are written as one. You and I are now bound together as one. Till the very end.❞
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Mani Ratnam, what are you doing mate? Maybe it's time to put the pen down and retire, because Thug Life is a scrambled mess of a film that should never have been made. Its ensemble cast is completely wasted on a trash plot and even trashier characters. Even the music couldn't save it; bar one song, A. R. Rahman really dropped the ball, especially considering the last collaboration he did with Mani Ratnam. It's not worth watching this film even if you're a huge fan of any of its actors, because you'll be severely disappointed.
· · ───── ⊹⊱∆⊰⊹ ───── · ·
Mani Ratnam, what are you doing mate? Maybe it's time to put the pen down and retire, because Thug Life is a scrambled mess of a film that should never have been made. Its ensemble cast is completely wasted on a trash plot and even trashier characters. Even the music couldn't save it; bar one song, A. R. Rahman really dropped the ball, especially considering the last collaboration he did with Mani Ratnam. It's not worth watching this film even if you're a huge fan of any of its actors, because you'll be severely disappointed.
❝You protected me from the Lord of Death. Our two destinies are written as one. You and I are now bound together as one. Till the very end.❞
· · ───── ⊹⊱∆⊰⊹ ───── · ·
Mani Ratnam, what are you doing mate? Maybe it's time to put the pen down and retire, because Thug Life is a scrambled mess of a film that should never have been made. Its ensemble cast is completely wasted on a trash plot and even trashier characters. Even the music couldn't save it; bar one song, A. R. Rahman really dropped the ball, especially considering the last collaboration he did with Mani Ratnam. It's not worth watching this film even if you're a huge fan of any of its actors, because you'll be severely disappointed.
· · ───── ⊹⊱∆⊰⊹ ───── · ·
Mani Ratnam, what are you doing mate? Maybe it's time to put the pen down and retire, because Thug Life is a scrambled mess of a film that should never have been made. Its ensemble cast is completely wasted on a trash plot and even trashier characters. Even the music couldn't save it; bar one song, A. R. Rahman really dropped the ball, especially considering the last collaboration he did with Mani Ratnam. It's not worth watching this film even if you're a huge fan of any of its actors, because you'll be severely disappointed.
NKandi
1.7★ · 07/03/25
i got BP and sugar after watching that movie. 1 star for Aishwarya Lekshmi and Ashok Selvan and the SMALL moments of chemistry between them. Would have been a 5 star movie if it was a rom-com about the two of them instead. I never laughed this much at a movie that takes itself so damn seriously.
i got BP and sugar after watching that movie. 1 star for Aishwarya Lekshmi and Ashok Selvan and the SMALL moments of chemistry between them. Would have been a 5 star movie if it was a rom-com about the two of them instead. I never laughed this much at a movie that takes itself so damn seriously.
Aswathy A.S
1.0★ · 05/24/26
Insane foreshadowing by trisha😈
Insane foreshadowing by trisha😈
Aarujan Jeyachandra
4.0★ · 12/20/25
Bad HorrendousTerrible
Bad HorrendousTerrible
Meowmeowclevin
3.0★ · 11/13/25
let me actually bash this fucking movie:
trisha character fan service
hot shit writing
what is this cinematography why is it sometimes in 24 fps fuckass
ofc the one direction he goes he finds a monastery
sometimes the effects are horrendous
indian 2 post interval
nigga has a loving wife and child at home but wanna fuck this random singer thot
what have u done mani ratnam
ALSO WHAT THE HELL IS THUG LIFE IN THIS LIKE WHERES THE CONNECTION BRO.
cool music tho god bless and action! but fuck no give me my time back
trisha character fan service
hot shit writing
what is this cinematography why is it sometimes in 24 fps fuckass
ofc the one direction he goes he finds a monastery
sometimes the effects are horrendous
indian 2 post interval
nigga has a loving wife and child at home but wanna fuck this random singer thot
what have u done mani ratnam
ALSO WHAT THE HELL IS THUG LIFE IN THIS LIKE WHERES THE CONNECTION BRO.
cool music tho god bless and action! but fuck no give me my time back
let me actually bash this fucking movie:
trisha character fan service
hot shit writing
what is this cinematography why is it sometimes in 24 fps fuckass
ofc the one direction he goes he finds a monastery
sometimes the effects are horrendous
indian 2 post interval
nigga has a loving wife and child at home but wanna fuck this random singer thot
what have u done mani ratnam
ALSO WHAT THE HELL IS THUG LIFE IN THIS LIKE WHERES THE CONNECTION BRO.
cool music tho god bless and action! but fuck no give me my time back
trisha character fan service
hot shit writing
what is this cinematography why is it sometimes in 24 fps fuckass
ofc the one direction he goes he finds a monastery
sometimes the effects are horrendous
indian 2 post interval
nigga has a loving wife and child at home but wanna fuck this random singer thot
what have u done mani ratnam
ALSO WHAT THE HELL IS THUG LIFE IN THIS LIKE WHERES THE CONNECTION BRO.
cool music tho god bless and action! but fuck no give me my time back