Paranthu Po

Abhinav Subramanian of ''[[The Times of India]]'' gave 4/5 stars and wrote, "Paranthu Po finds its rhythm in life's unplanned detours. It's a film that understands how the smallest adventures can leave the biggest impressions, especially when viewed through a child's insistent eyes and filtered through a father's weary but willing heart".{{Cite web |last=Subramanian |first=Abhinav |date=4 July 2025 |title=Paranthu Po Movie Review: Ram's gentle comedy finds magic in life's smallest detours |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/paranthu-po/movie-review/122230377.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708105602/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/paranthu-po/movie-review/122230377.cms |archive-date=8 July 2025 |access-date=14 July 2025 |website=[[The Times of India]]}} Anusha Sundar of ''[[OTTplay]]'' gave 4/5 stars and wrote, "There is a lot to like in the film, which is light, interesting, adventurous, beautiful, has food for thought, but moreover brims with innocence. The film, much like its title, wants you to fly away for a moment, to shed the manmade constraints built by the society, and take a breather to feel life. But if that sounds a little more tedious, then watch Paranthu Po and taste life once again".{{Cite web |last=Sundar |first=Anusha |date=4 July 2025 |title=Paranthu Po movie review: Director Ram crafts a delightful and whimsical road trip drama that makes you pause and smile |url=https://www.ottplay.com/review/paranthu-po-movie-review-director-ram-crafts-a-delightful-and-whimsical-road-trip-drama-that-makes-you-pause-and-smile/1641504cb3995 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704054008/https://www.ottplay.com/review/paranthu-po-movie-review-director-ram-crafts-a-delightful-and-whimsical-road-trip-drama-that-makes-you-pause-and-smile/1641504cb3995 |archive-date=4 July 2025 |access-date=4 July 2025 |website=[[OTTplay]]}} Avinash Ramachandran of ''[[Cinema Express]]'' gave 4/5 stars and wrote, "And when finally, the film ends with a conversation about home, family, parenting, loving, and being loved, you understand what Paranthu Po truly means. It isn't to fly away from responsibility or consumerism or globalisation or troubles or bottled emotions, or even crumbling aspirations. It is to fly away from the pressure of fitting in. It is to fly away to a land of hope on a tourist visa. Yes, we have to return to a sobering reality, but it is not wrong to escape into a world of happiness, hope, and goodness. Just like the movies... Like Ram's movies".{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Avinash |date=4 July 2025 |title=Paranthu Po Movie Review: An enjoyable and poignant pursuit of happiness that never forgets to have fun |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/review/2025/Jul/04/paranthu-po-movie-review-an-enjoyable-and-poignant-pursuit-of-happiness-that-never-forgets-to-have-fun |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250714163755/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/review/2025/jul/04/paranthu-po-movie-review-an-enjoyable-and-poignant-pursuit-of-happiness-that-never-forgets |archive-date=14 July 2025 |access-date=4 July 2025 |website=[[Cinema Express]]}}

Abhinav Subramanian of ''[[The Times of India]]'' gave 4/5 stars and wrote, "Paranthu Po finds its rhythm in life's unplanned detours. It's a film that understands how the smallest adventures can leave the biggest impressions, especially when viewed through a child's insistent eyes and filtered through a father's weary but willing heart".{{Cite web |last=Subramanian |first=Abhinav |date=4 July 2025 |title=Paranthu Po Movie Review: Ram's gentle comedy finds magic in life's smallest detours |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/paranthu-po/movie-review/122230377.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708105602/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/paranthu-po/movie-review/122230377.cms |archive-date=8 July 2025 |access-date=14 July 2025 |website=[[The Times of India]]}} Anusha Sundar of ''[[OTTplay]]'' gave 4/5 stars and wrote, "There is a lot to like in the film, which is light, interesting, adventurous, beautiful, has food for thought, but moreover brims with innocence. The film, much like its title, wants you to fly away for a moment, to shed the manmade constraints built by the society, and take a breather to feel life. But if that sounds a little more tedious, then watch Paranthu Po and taste life once again".{{Cite web |last=Sundar |first=Anusha |date=4 July 2025 |title=Paranthu Po movie review: Director Ram crafts a delightful and whimsical road trip drama that makes you pause and smile |url=https://www.ottplay.com/review/paranthu-po-movie-review-director-ram-crafts-a-delightful-and-whimsical-road-trip-drama-that-makes-you-pause-and-smile/1641504cb3995 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704054008/https://www.ottplay.com/review/paranthu-po-movie-review-director-ram-crafts-a-delightful-and-whimsical-road-trip-drama-that-makes-you-pause-and-smile/1641504cb3995 |archive-date=4 July 2025 |access-date=4 July 2025 |website=[[OTTplay]]}} Avinash Ramachandran of ''[[Cinema Express]]'' gave 4/5 stars and wrote, "And when finally, the film ends with a conversation about home, family, parenting, loving, and being loved, you understand what Paranthu Po truly means. It isn't to fly away from responsibility or consumerism or globalisation or troubles or bottled emotions, or even crumbling aspirations. It is to fly away from the pressure of fitting in. It is to fly away to a land of hope on a tourist visa. Yes, we have to return to a sobering reality, but it is not wrong to escape into a world of happiness, hope, and goodness. Just like the movies... Like Ram's movies".{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Avinash |date=4 July 2025 |title=Paranthu Po Movie Review: An enjoyable and poignant pursuit of happiness that never forgets to have fun |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/review/2025/Jul/04/paranthu-po-movie-review-an-enjoyable-and-poignant-pursuit-of-happiness-that-never-forgets-to-have-fun |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250714163755/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/review/2025/jul/04/paranthu-po-movie-review-an-enjoyable-and-poignant-pursuit-of-happiness-that-never-forgets |archive-date=14 July 2025 |access-date=4 July 2025 |website=[[Cinema Express]]}}

Janani K of ''[[India Today]]'' gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote, "‘Paranthu Po’ is a beautiful documentation of a cute little family with important lessons on parenting, self-discovery and the importance of pausing and looking at your life instead of giving into the rat race".{{Cite web |last=K. |first=Janani |date=4 July 2025 |title=Paranthu Po review: Charming family film teaches joy in life's simple things |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/reviews/story/paranthu-po-ram-mirchi-shiva-grace-antony-charming-family-film-joy-in-life-simple-things-2750270-2025-07-03 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250706111133/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/reviews/story/paranthu-po-ram-mirchi-shiva-grace-antony-charming-family-film-joy-in-life-simple-things-2750270-2025-07-03 |archive-date=6 July 2025 |access-date=4 July 2025 |website=[[India Today]]}} Bhuvanesh Chandar of ''[[The Hindu]]'' stated, "''Paranthu Po'' is a film about a child learning to climb down a mountain, literally and metaphorically, but it is also a story that urges us to fly away to the hills and to remember when we threw a tantrum every time life seemed unfair. Perhaps it is a romanticised perspective on life in the modern world, but there’s romance in listening to Ilaiyaraaja on an old tape recorder while sitting on a hilltop."{{Cite news |last=Chandar |first=Bhuvanesh |date=4 July 2025 |title='Paranthu Po' movie review: A gentle reflection on escaping the grind |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/paranthu-po-review-director-ram-mirchi-shiva-grace-antony-mithul-ryan-anjali-aju-varghese/article69771379.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250705100301/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/paranthu-po-review-director-ram-mirchi-shiva-grace-antony-mithul-ryan-anjali-aju-varghese/article69771379.ece |archive-date=5 July 2025 |access-date=14 July 2025 |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}

Janani K of ''[[India Today]]'' gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote, "‘Paranthu Po’ is a beautiful documentation of a cute little family with important lessons on parenting, self-discovery and the importance of pausing and looking at your life instead of giving into the rat race".{{Cite web |last=K. |first=Janani |date=4 July 2025 |title=Paranthu Po review: Charming family film teaches joy in life's simple things |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/reviews/story/paranthu-po-ram-mirchi-shiva-grace-antony-charming-family-film-joy-in-life-simple-things-2750270-2025-07-03 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250706111133/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/reviews/story/paranthu-po-ram-mirchi-shiva-grace-antony-charming-family-film-joy-in-life-simple-things-2750270-2025-07-03 |archive-date=6 July 2025 |access-date=4 July 2025 |website=[[India Today]]}} Bhuvanesh Chandar of ''[[The Hindu]]'' stated, "''Paranthu Po'' is a film about a child learning to climb down a mountain, literally and metaphorically, but it is also a story that urges us to fly away to the hills and to remember when we threw a tantrum every time life seemed unfair. Perhaps it is a romanticised perspective on life in the modern world, but there’s romance in listening to [[Ilaiyaraaja]] on an old tape recorder while sitting on a hilltop."{{Cite news |last=Chandar |first=Bhuvanesh |date=4 July 2025 |title='Paranthu Po' movie review: A gentle reflection on escaping the grind |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/paranthu-po-review-director-ram-mirchi-shiva-grace-antony-mithul-ryan-anjali-aju-varghese/article69771379.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250705100301/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/paranthu-po-review-director-ram-mirchi-shiva-grace-antony-mithul-ryan-anjali-aju-varghese/article69771379.ece |archive-date=5 July 2025 |access-date=14 July 2025 |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}

Prathyush Parasuraman of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter India]]'' wrote "''Paranthu Po'' is a new voice in director Ram’s filmography, one that aches elsewhere. This turn towards something softer has, ironically, made it feel rocky, impermeable, and ultimately, opaque, a film whose characters feel stolen from myth, forced into a realism whose reality itself is upended. Cinema is an illusion of life. Illusions need to be sustained. If you want a kind world, you cannot will it with words—will it through a cinema that can hold the weight of being human alongside the demands of being kind, nice, joyful, and ultimately, free. ''Paranthu Po'' feels like a stick of god being struck on our heads. A cinema of kindness, perhaps, needs kinder cinema."{{Cite web |last=Parasuraman |first=Prathyush |date=4 July 2025 |title='Paranthu Po' Movie Review: Director Ram's Dramedy Suffers From An Oversaturation of Sweetness |url=https://www.hollywoodreporterindia.com/reviews/theatrical/paranthu-po-movie-review-director-rams-latest-suffers-from-an-oversaturation-of-sweetness |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250714164201/https://www.hollywoodreporterindia.com/reviews/theatrical/paranthu-po-movie-review-director-rams-latest-suffers-from-an-oversaturation-of-sweetness |archive-date=14 July 2025 |access-date=13 July 2025 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter India]] |language=en}} Anandu Suresh of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' rated 3/5 and wrote "the movie is more or less like a gentle, warm hug to all young parents who are still figuring out their new roles, and to the kids of this era who are waiting for chances to fly away. In that regard, Paranthu Po works beautifully."{{Cite web |last=Suresh |first=Anandu |date=4 July 2025 |title=Paranthu Po movie review: Ram makes up for Peranbu, offering warm hugs to young parents and kids |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/paranthu-po-movie-review-director-ram-makes-up-for-mammootty-peranbu-10105281/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250705122412/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/paranthu-po-movie-review-director-ram-makes-up-for-mammootty-peranbu-10105281/ |archive-date=5 July 2025 |access-date=14 July 2025 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}} Bharathy Singaravel of ''[[The News Minute]]'' wrote "There’s a few hints of moralising in the film — to tick the Tamil ''message padam'' ({{translation|film}}) box — but it is a minor aspect. For the most part, ''Paranthu Po'' is a feel-good and engaging watch."{{Cite web |last=Singaravel |first=Bharathy |date=8 July 2025 |title=Paranthu Po review: Director Ram's gentle road film is full of heart |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/flix/paranthu-po-review-director-rams-gentle-road-film-is-full-of-heart |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250714023815/https://www.thenewsminute.com/flix/paranthu-po-review-director-rams-gentle-road-film-is-full-of-heart |archive-date=14 July 2025 |access-date=13 July 2025 |website=[[The News Minute]] |language=en}} ''[[Ananda Vikatan]]'' rated the film 50 out of 100.{{Cite web |date=4 July 2025 |title=பறந்து போ விமர்சனம்: மகன்களைப் பெற்ற அப்பாக்களுக்கு... நம்மையும் பறக்க அழைக்கும் ராமின் உலகம்! |url=https://cinema.vikatan.com/kollywood/mirchi-siva-grace-antony-starrer-rams-parandhu-po-movie-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250705073541/https://cinema.vikatan.com/kollywood/mirchi-siva-grace-antony-starrer-rams-parandhu-po-movie-review |archive-date=5 July 2025 |access-date=13 July 2025 |website=[[Ananda Vikatan]] |language=ta}}

Prathyush Parasuraman of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter India]]'' wrote "''Paranthu Po'' is a new voice in director Ram’s filmography, one that aches elsewhere. This turn towards something softer has, ironically, made it feel rocky, impermeable, and ultimately, opaque, a film whose characters feel stolen from myth, forced into a realism whose reality itself is upended. Cinema is an illusion of life. Illusions need to be sustained. If you want a kind world, you cannot will it with words—will it through a cinema that can hold the weight of being human alongside the demands of being kind, nice, joyful, and ultimately, free. ''Paranthu Po'' feels like a stick of god being struck on our heads. A cinema of kindness, perhaps, needs kinder cinema."{{Cite web |last=Parasuraman |first=Prathyush |date=4 July 2025 |title='Paranthu Po' Movie Review: Director Ram's Dramedy Suffers From An Oversaturation of Sweetness |url=https://www.hollywoodreporterindia.com/reviews/theatrical/paranthu-po-movie-review-director-rams-latest-suffers-from-an-oversaturation-of-sweetness |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250714164201/https://www.hollywoodreporterindia.com/reviews/theatrical/paranthu-po-movie-review-director-rams-latest-suffers-from-an-oversaturation-of-sweetness |archive-date=14 July 2025 |access-date=13 July 2025 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter India]] |language=en}} Anandu Suresh of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' rated 3/5 and wrote "the movie is more or less like a gentle, warm hug to all young parents who are still figuring out their new roles, and to the kids of this era who are waiting for chances to fly away. In that regard, Paranthu Po works beautifully."{{Cite web |last=Suresh |first=Anandu |date=4 July 2025 |title=Paranthu Po movie review: Ram makes up for Peranbu, offering warm hugs to young parents and kids |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/paranthu-po-movie-review-director-ram-makes-up-for-mammootty-peranbu-10105281/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250705122412/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/paranthu-po-movie-review-director-ram-makes-up-for-mammootty-peranbu-10105281/ |archive-date=5 July 2025 |access-date=14 July 2025 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}} Bharathy Singaravel of ''[[The News Minute]]'' wrote "There’s a few hints of moralising in the film — to tick the Tamil ''message padam'' ({{translation|film}}) box — but it is a minor aspect. For the most part, ''Paranthu Po'' is a feel-good and engaging watch."{{Cite web |last=Singaravel |first=Bharathy |date=8 July 2025 |title=Paranthu Po review: Director Ram's gentle road film is full of heart |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/flix/paranthu-po-review-director-rams-gentle-road-film-is-full-of-heart |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250714023815/https://www.thenewsminute.com/flix/paranthu-po-review-director-rams-gentle-road-film-is-full-of-heart |archive-date=14 July 2025 |access-date=13 July 2025 |website=[[The News Minute]] |language=en}} ''[[Ananda Vikatan]]'' rated the film 50 out of 100.{{Cite web |date=4 July 2025 |title=பறந்து போ விமர்சனம்: மகன்களைப் பெற்ற அப்பாக்களுக்கு... நம்மையும் பறக்க அழைக்கும் ராமின் உலகம்! |url=https://cinema.vikatan.com/kollywood/mirchi-siva-grace-antony-starrer-rams-parandhu-po-movie-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250705073541/https://cinema.vikatan.com/kollywood/mirchi-siva-grace-antony-starrer-rams-parandhu-po-movie-review |archive-date=5 July 2025 |access-date=13 July 2025 |website=[[Ananda Vikatan]] |language=ta}}