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Highlights

• Parasakthi releases ahead of Pongal to mixed and largely negative reactions
  
• Many viewers on X call it slow and tiring despite praising the cast
  
• Fans of Suriya and Dulquer Salmaan say rejecting the film was the right call
  

Lukewarm opening for Sudha Kongara’s period drama

Sudha Kongara’s Parasakthi, starring Sivakarthikeyan, Sreeleela, Ravi Mohan and Atharvaa, released in cinemas on Saturday ahead of Pongal. The film, set in 1960s Madras and centred on resistance to Hindi imposition in Tamil Nadu, opened to divided reactions on X, with several viewers calling it slow and testing.

The project was initially offered to Suriya and Dulquer Salmaan, a detail that has now become part of the online conversation around the film’s reception.