Karthi delivers yet another blockbuster after Theeran adhigaaram ondru and Thozha with a performance in Kaithi that is subtle and nuanced in parts with big helpings of masala and action when needed. Although the movie is overstretched at 2 hours 26 minutes, a heartwarming climax makes up for it.

Right from his introduction sequence, you can feel the pain and longing felt by Karthi's character 'Dilli' for the life he has lost behind bars and how much he misses his family. Director Logesh Kanagaraj has mixed in the right amounts of stunts and fight sequences without going overboard like most masala Tamil movies, keeping the script in focus. Especially loved the restraint the director showed in not going into Karthi's backstory with any elaborate, action-infused flashback sequences (as is the norm), but instead revealing it in pieces in well-enacted conversations that Dilli (Karthi) has with a fantastic Dheena as the hapless lorry-owner/caterer Kamatchi. A definite must watch!

Karthi has an ability of picking good scripts, something his brother should learn from.