The film that stands out thanks to Karthi and Arvind Swami as they have engagingly brought Premkumar’s highly-nuanced story alive on screen.

Despite the potential for overblown melodrama inherent in the plot, in Meiyazhagan, Prem Kumar goes for a tone that’s somewhere between melancholy and heartwarming.

C. Prem Kumar gives us a thoughtful character study brought to life by some brilliant performances, and it’s a treat to watch the relationship between Arvind Swami and Karthi’s characters blossom into something gorgeous.

Filmmaker C Prem Kumar delivers once again with his latest movie Meiyazhagan, delivering another nostalgia-heavy exploration of the pains and simple pleasures of life—things most of us overlook in the pursuit of bigger and more expensive aspirations.