Athiradi

Name: Athiradi
Rating: 3

An energetic student, Samkutty, revives a banned college festival-unleashing a rivalry that turns celebration into chaos More Details »

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Director:

Arun Anirudhan

Producer:

Dr. Ananthu, Basil Joseph

Writer:

Arun Anirudhan, Paulson Skaria

Release Date:

May 14, 2026

Synopsis

An energetic student, Samkutty, revives a banned college festival-unleashing a rivalry that turns celebration into chaos

Cast

Tovino Thomas
Basil Joseph
Zarin Shihab
Vineeth Sreenivasan
Riya Shibu
Vishnu Agasthya
Darshana Rajendran
Santhivila Dinesh
Shaan Rahman
Aravind SK

Moviegoers are saying

Athiradi emerges as a divisive yet entertaining campus comedy that thrives in theaters with packed crowds, where Tovino Thomas's commanding villain performance and surprising cameos create genuine eruption moments. While reviewers acknowledge uneven writing and pacing issues, the film's social media-inspired humor and emotional hooks land effectively enough to make the runtime investment worthwhile for pure entertainment seekers.

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Theater-Eruption

Crowd-Pleaser

Social-Media-Comedy

Campus-Chaos

Tovino-Powerhouse

Meta-Humor

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3.2

RATINGS 4 FANS

3.2

May 14, 2026

Pretty sure they were doom scrolling reels while writing this movie, while making this movie and while acting in this movie but I can't prove it. Vayyathe aayi, Njan pova, oru college fest nadathiya ksheenam.

245 Likes

ash

May 14, 2026

Absolute Banger… 🔥 Athiradi was packed with some good humor, great action, and genuine emotion. Overall, it was a total entertainer. The core idea was fun, and they blended the emotional side really well. But idk man, i was really tensed through the whole movie. Basil…

126 Likes

ANSAF

May 24, 2026

Nalla fun padam. Problems ondo enn chodichaal, yes, but sometimes I am very much satisfied if a film is throughout entertaining and makes the time we invest in the film worth it, and this film falls in that category for me. Loved the editing choices, direction, and music,…

120 Likes

matthewws
May 18, 2026

Athiradi is an action comedy that follows a student reviving a banned college festival, leading to unexpected rivalry and chaos. The performances of Tovino Thomas, Vineeth Sreenivasan, and Shaan Rahman are good. Their chemistry and humour scenes work well. The rest of the…

103 Likes

Lijin

May 17, 2026

Civil Gunda vs. Gana Gunda I don't understand people commenting, "The first half is slow." Just say you have the attention span of a reel-watching goldfish. People complain about anything nowadaysWhat do you even want? The first half is about Basil's life and why he's doing…

92 Likes

Ｋａａｓｅｅ

May 13, 2026

Genz Ayyappan & Koshy😫

88 Likes

gauhthmmm
May 13, 2026

So they literally gave a special thanks note to Sachy sir for making a spoofed Gen Z version of AK. Ithippo positive aayito allando edukkam but honestly, this movie had some of the best PR work Malayalam cinema has seen recently. All the paid X pages getting credits in the…

80 Likes

Kevin

May 25, 2026

pretty good fun movie honestly. a decent and simple story for a campus film, but executed really well. and there wasn’t much to hate here. half of the comedies actually worked and none of them became annoying. i was scared basil would eventually cross the line into full…

67 Likes

R SUDARSHAN

May 13, 2026

Kanditt illa

62 Likes

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