Dorothy

Name: Dorothy
Duration: 2 h 30 min
Rating: 4.333333333333333

2hr 30m

2hr 30m
(3)
3.9/5 (3.9K)
100%

Set in a world shaped by caste, violence, and toxic masculinity, two friends grow up inseparable in rural Tamil Nadu. Their lives are transformed by the… More Details »

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Harkins Cerritos 16

600 Los Cerritos Center, Cerritos, CA
Film format:
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Reserved Seating,

Tamil Spoken,

Assistive Listening Devices,

Ultimate Lounger,

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WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE

Century Stadium 25 and XD

1701 W. Katella Avenue, Orange, CA
Film format:
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Reserved Seating,

Tamil Spoken,

English Subtitles,

Luxury Loungers
- 6:25 PM

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Release Date:

Sep 25, 2026

Runtime:

2hr 30m

Synopsis

Set in a world shaped by caste, violence, and toxic masculinity, two friends grow up inseparable in rural Tamil Nadu. Their lives are transformed by the arrival of Dorothy, a woman whose compassion challenges the world around them.

Moviegoers are saying

Karthik Subbaraj delivers his most emotionally devastating film yet, with audiences literally crying in theaters and giving genuine standing ovations. This raw, intense drama tackles sensitive social themes through mainstream commercial cinema, powered by Ilayaraaja's soul-stirring music and breakthrough performances from leads Rishikanth and Sananth.

Top Mentions

Tear-Jerker

Soul-Stirring

Emotionally-Devastating

Genre-Bending

Socially-Conscious

Heart-Wrenching

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3.9

RATINGS 79 FANS

3.9

Sep 25, 2026

Genuinely teared up at certain moments and apart from the movie, what made me more happy was the way it was received with applause at the end. Not a unanimous applause, and definitely not an applause out of mockery, but one with genuine admiration and respect. Well, atleast…

282 Likes

ash

Sep 26, 2026

“Manasu kadavul, budhdhi saathaan” To put simply, COMPASSION is the antidote to all our conditioning. While Karthik Subburaj dishes out a daringly gutsy drama that is raw n intense, IlayaRAJA tugs at your heart n soul with his mesmerizing music. Well, if at all Raja’s…

277 Likes

Michael James

Sep 25, 2026

Aama da PAALINA PAAGUBAADU BAADUNGA DHAN DA NEENGALAM !!!! The name is Rishikanth and Sananth 🔥

271 Likes

Aliceee
Sep 25, 2026

Dorothy is almost a horror film, isn’t it? The setting of period Madurai feels like a ghost town, where anecdotes of murders and suicides are casually shared. “This is where my mother and sister’s bodies were found!” says young Subbu. Something about this young boy being so…

165 Likes

Sudhir Srinivasan

Sep 25, 2026

Tamil Nadu isn’t gonna treat this well

166 Likes

lingeshh

Sep 11, 2026

i cried and cried and cried and so did many others in the screening. this film is truly best experienced fully blind i really cant wait for everyone else to see it. it is a karthik subbaraj padam in the truest sense. during the q+a he told us he's been working on this film…

234 Likes

sandi
Sep 26, 2026

shoves knife straight into the heart, when how else to name it? rolls. if iraivi questions, then dorothy SLAPS

85 Likes

harrriii

Sep 25, 2026

Manasu thaan kadavul, buthi saathaan.Cried, cried and cried through most of this. Tamil cinema's very own Joyland. As I always say, all great films have that one great closing shot, watch out for this one. This film won't reach tamil mainstream space and the little it…

126 Likes

Vasanthan

Sep 25, 2026

A Karthik fckin greatest Subbaraj Padam. thats it.

84 Likes

Chill Kar Sahil