Jagame Thandhiram

Jagame Thandhiram is a crime drama with comic touches about Suruli, a carefree but sharp-witted gangster from Madurai, India. A British crime boss, Peter Sprott, brings him to London to help bring down a rival. Once there, Suruli finds himself facing questions of home, loyalty and belonging that his earlier life never demanded of him. The film is set largely in London and was shot in both the United Kingdom and India.

Karthik Subbaraj directed and wrote the screenplay; S. Sashikanth produced it. It sits between Petta, from 2019, and Mahaan, from 2022, in the list of six features Subbaraj has directed. Dhanush plays Suruli, with James Cosmo as Peter Sprott and Joju George, Kalaiyarasan, Aishwarya Lekshmi and Sharath Ravi among the twenty-eight credited cast members.

Released on 18 June 2021, the film runs 158 minutes. On IMDb it holds 5.8 out of 10 from about 13,000 votes, while on TMDB it has 5.5 out of 10 from 56 votes. The two audience scores are close to each other, with the much larger IMDb sample pointing to a mild, mixed response rather than enthusiasm.