‘Thug Life’ Oat Update: Kamal Haasan – Mani Ratnam’s film can come in only four weeks – reports | Tamil film news
‘Thug Life’, starring Kamal Haasan and Silambarson TR, was expected to follow the 8 -week window before killing OTT platforms.The film, which was released in theaters on 5 June 2025, allegedly signed a deal for the premiere with Netflix after two months. However, new reports suggest that the agreement may decrease, probably reach OTT in just four weeks with the film. This change is called due to reducing thugs at the box office and getting mixed for negative important reviews.
8-week plan can be abolished
According to a report by M9 News, Netflix is likely to bring ‘thug life’ on its platform long ago than the schedule. It aligns with standard OTT practices for films that fail to generate significant discussions in theaters. While Kamal Haasan referred to the first 8-week window as a “practical” step, which allows to create dramatic revenue, the strategy can now move to digital recovery.
Neither the OTT platform nor the producers of the film have issued an official statement so far. With increasing speculation, fans are now waiting for the official confirmation about the OTT release of the thug life, which they can reach much more than what they thought.
Language: Strength, blood and betrayal
Directed by Mani Ratnam, the thug life is a gangster action-drama, which revolves around the Rangaraya Sakathivale (Kamal Haasan), a powerful aging mafia don, who adopts a young boy named Amaran (Simbu) after a violent firing in Delhi. Legendary combo reunion to give a tedious gangster drama.Despite its grand scale and star power, the film failed to connect with a comprehensive audience, and ETIMES gave the film a rating of only 2 stars out of only 5 stars. Our official review read, “The thug life becomes a slog. The latter half becomes a hayar. Even Amarran goes missing for a long time. Instead, whatever we get is the preceding views of the existence of the celebrity after shooting several times or stabbing. The danger of Sadanand is present, and the lamp feels like a weak antagonist that makes the tricks that are estimated. Even AR Rahman loses interest and saves a background score that seems random. Rich production values, especially Ravi. The bright view of Chandran, the mystery around the fate of the Chandra, and the unavoidable face-offs between Sakathivel and Amarran invested us. ,
