Santhosh P Jeyakumar, acknowledged for helming grownup comedies like Hara Hara Mahadevaki (2017,) Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu (2018), and Irandam Kuththu (2020), has tried his first extreme difficulty with Poikkal Kuthirai. Unlike his preceding movies, the director has proven greater interest to sketching the lead person and his emotional baggage. With a first rate Prabhudheva shouldering things, it is basically the tale of the way a long way a father will visit shop his daughter's lifestyles. Parallelly, there may be additionally an antithesis of the way a father have to now no longer be. The movie opens with Prabhudheva's Kathiravan, an amputee, getting crushed via way of means of a gaggle of goons. Before we ought to even assume of 'why', we're taken to a random intro music setting. Again, why? Well, considering it is Prabhudheva, the makers might have probable idea he ought to dance, even minus a limb. The music provides no cost to the movie other than being simply some other workout to exhibit his notable capacity to dance, this time with one leg. As the narrative is going forward, we analyze that Kathiravan misplaced his leg in a avenue accident, which additionally killed his wife. His entire lifestyles now revolves round his daughter. Most of the preliminary quantities are committed to organising their deep bond and the father's willingness to visit any volume for her happiness. In between, there's a scene wherein he fights ruffians in a bus who horrific contact a lady toddler. Though it's far considerable that the makers pick to deal with such messages, it might were higher if it changed into performed organically and had some thing to do with the plot. The narrative reaches its warfare whilst Kathiravan's daughter is recognized with a extreme scientific condition, the remedy for which might price 70 lakhs. Kathiravan, who runs a humble pest manipulate agency, is driven in opposition to the wall. It is now that his father (Prakash Raj), who's in jail, feeds him with the concept of kidnapping a lady toddler for ransom. Though Kathiravan to start with refuses, his desperation receives the higher of him. This is wherein the movie alternatives up pace. We see Kathiravan alongside together along with his friend (Jagan) devise a right plan for kidnapping, handiest to get stuck halfway. However, the lady nevertheless is going missing. It is an exciting c program languageperiod block, and the movie guarantees a lot. But the writing falters in an try to be a brainy mystery via way of means of introducing too many twists and turns. It's one of these movies wherein the villain may be guessed from his intro shot however it nevertheless takes umpteen twists to eventually land there. When the instant eventually arrives, it simply falls flat. Even whilst he's limping for maximum components of the movie, it's far Prabhudheva who consists of Poikkal Kuthirai efficiently. It is but some other testomony to the reality that if presented a tough role, Prabhudheva has the capacity to ace it. Here, the actor is super because the doting father who is distraught via way of means of his daughter's fitness condition. His voice modulation whenever he receives emotional is top notch and facilitates in conveying the person's ache effectively. The movie additionally has plenty of stunts, and the actor lives as much as the task of pulling them off with a unmarried leg. Thanks to Prabhudheva's one-guy show, the movie infrequently has area for different actors. As the top of a enterprise empire, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar repeats the equal brooding act that she's now acknowledged for. Raiza Wilson, who changed into publicised as the alternative lady lead, surprisingly has simply two-3 dialogues withinside the entire movie. To be honest, a smartwatch has greater to do withinside the movie than her person. An exciting component approximately Poikkal Kuthirai is its Kaithi-like angle. Like Dilli, Kathiravan would not get a right backstory either. He operates his manner thru the path like a seasoned and has get entry to to trendy devices like bugs. He hides from an IPS officer. His prisoner father has the charisma of an growing old gangster. There are plenty of unanswered questions, and the movie truely has the capacity for a sequel/prequel. It would possibly also be a much advanced piece of labor if the makers choose higher writing picks and the tough edges withinside the making are polished higher.