Director surprise take on Karuppu

Suriya's Karuppu directed by RJ. Balaji is releasing on 14 May 2026. The teaser and trailer got good response and in the meatime, speaking at a promotional event director RJ. Balaji came up with a surprise take.
He said “I don't want to overpromise and underdeliver. It is a very entertaining, mass masala film with Suriya sir we always love. Ayan, Singam and all the films that we have seen of him - I wanted to show that Suriya sir in the film."
He then added "The film is made for people of Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra [Pradesh]. It is not made for people on social media. It is made for those who celebrate cinema in the darkness of cinema halls, not for those who do postmortems or dissect the film on social media. Not for them. This is for all of us to celebrate.”
RJ Balaji's comments have sparked a debate about film criticism, with users pointing out that those who discuss films on social media have also paid for the tickets. Take a look at some of the comments:
The film stars Trisha as the female lead while Natty Nataraj, Mansoor Ali Khan, George Maryan, Swasika, Sshivadha, and Supreeth Reddy are playing important roles.








































