Dude

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Dude

2025

2h 20m

Comedy

Drama

Romance

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Childhood friends Agan and Kural are inseparable. When Kural encounters romantic troubles, Agan must balance his hidden feelings for her with his desire to ensure her happiness.

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Vishal Menon

The Hollywood Reporter India

Nov 11

What Dude does with this half-decent concept is so over the top that subtlety doesn’t stand a chance.

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Srinivasa Ramanujam

The Hindu

Oct 17

While Pradeep scores not only in the humour part but also in the emotional sequences, Mamitha displays a range of expressions, especially when she is caught in a tug-of-war like situation during a wedding. Their chemistry is what makes Dude tick.

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Arjun Menon

The Indian Express

Oct 17

2.5/5

Dude is ultimately a one-time watch, a film that starts off with breezy fun but loses its charm in a meandering, uneven second half.

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Neeshita Nyayapati

Hindustan Times

Oct 17

Keethiswaran does a stellar job of using tried-and-tested tropes where needed but also flipping stereotypes on their head when it comes down to it.

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Sreeju Sudhakaran

LatestLY.com

Oct 17

2/4

For all its energy and charm, Dude keeps tripping over its own mixed messaging, torn between being mature and still sticking to outdated tropes it pretends to challenge.

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Marianne

Jun 24

good movie…really good feel good movie

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Megha

Oct 25

As a gen z I kinda like this movie but not as good as Dragon or Premalu there were some parts of the second half which I didn’t really like.

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Saravanan M

Oct 24

Unexpected story plot but convincing execution.

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Vikraanth

Oct 24

A brilliant film that touches on relationships, marriages, and honor killings, in a neat and packaged commercial way! Director Keerthiswaran has earned my warm welcome to Tamil cinema/Indian cinema as a whole! Along with outstanding performances from Pradeep Ranganathan, Mamitha Baiju, Supreme Star Sarathkumar sir, and all the other cast members!! Plus, Sai Abhyankkar's music was top-notch, he is here to stay!

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Magesh

Oct 21

The movie works well in places. The first half was quite interesting. Few lags in second half, but was engaging.

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Sha T.

@RT96909402 Apr 12

Good but could have been better

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Kuralarasi Athiyamaan a.k.a KURAL

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Pradeep Ranganathan

Agan Chidambaram a.k.a DUDE

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Synopsis

Childhood friends Agan and Kural are inseparable. When Kural encounters romantic troubles, Agan must balance his hidden feelings for her with his desire to ensure her happiness.

Director: Keerthiswaran
Producer: Y. Ravi Shankar, Naveen Yerneni
Screenwriter: Keerthiswaran, Krishna Chepuri
Distributor: Mythri Movie Makers
Production Co: Mythri Movie Makers
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: Tamil
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 17, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 2h 20m

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