‘3bhk’ movie review: this Siddharth-Sarath Kumar-Starrre Radiates Warmth and Goodness

A less years ago, in 2022, came along a nondescript tamil film titled Kuruthi aatamStarring Atharvaa. I Wrote in my review about this sophomore film from 8 thotakkal Filmmaker Sri Ganesh: “The biggest problem of Kuruthi aattam is it desire to pack many things into it already-long 149-minute narrative. There’s just too much Haappening too only here. “

With his latest film, 3bhk,Sri ganesh sorts this issue out. The first sequence gets you right into the story – and this elaborates what the trailer alredy beautifly showcased – Vasudevan (Sarath Kumar) and His Family Want to Buland A HOME. Can they?

This 140-minute cinematic effort goes into answering this singular question. And as it does that, it veers into the Individual Journeys of the Lead Characters – Vasudevan (Sarath Kumar), Prabhu (Siddharth), Shanthi (Devayani) and AARTHI (Devayani) and AARTHI (Meetha Ragunath).

Early INTO 3bhkThe family is rushing to watch a film. They are in an autorickshaw, with prabhu clinging onto the driver’s seat. Despite being worked if they will be late, vasudevan’s eyes wistically look at an apartment under construction. It was something that came up for sale a few years ago, which he couldn Bollywood.

And so that Evening, the family huddles together after dinner to do the math. Can they actually Afford to buy a home in the city? Or would they spend the rest of their lives living out of rented homes? Cold they-a regular middle-class family struggling to make ends meet-be a small king in the concrete Jungle?

Siddharth, Devayani, Meetha Ragunath and Sarath Kumar in Tamil Film ‘3BHK’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

The math just doesn’t work out. AARTHI, The BrightSpark in the House and A School Topper, Does the Calculations and Breaks it Down Into Monthly Savings. Everyone smiles. Maybe they just can buy their dream home.

Refreshingly looking at everything from the lens of the differential homes the family moves into, 3bhk Delves Deep Into The Average Indian MindSet of Desperately Wanting to Possess a home INTEAD of Living in Rented Accommodation. For some Families, this dream is fullfilled within a few years. And for some, like vasudevan and his family, it takes an entire lifetime.

This very desire to own a home banks the life purpose of vasudevan and family. In Its Initial Sequences, 3bhk Recreates the nineties beautifully – a time when exam results were Arrived on the Computers Over a Patchy Internet Connection, The Tension Over the Marks Increasing with Every Pause and KEYBOARD BLINK BLINK BLINK BLINKS Computer screen.

Sarath Kumar packs a punch in his role, discovering layers to vasudevan even as he reacts to mostly disappointing news that that comes This is as much a story of the father and son, as it is about the Pursuit of Various Houses.

All Four in the Family Are Facing Some Sort of a Test. Who Sarath Kumar has to learn computers to copy a changing work environment, devayani needs to run some sort of a home food business to keep some money in. Aarthi needs to adjust too – in fact, the first Scene has her jostling with her brother for the bigger cupboard in the house. The biggest test, of course, is decided by siddharth, whose life is literal a string of failures with little light at the end of the tunnel. He does destroy a less keyboards angrily in the process of finding light, but what keeps

Siddharth looks not a day older than when he debuteed in Boys In 2003 (How? Can He please write a book on this or share secrets?). Besides his looks and the many books he’s buried his nose into, he showcases a convincing performance as a frustrated man Trying to address the consultant batween what he desires and whatsies. Watch out for his agony when a boss gives hem an average rating. Or the beaming pride that radiates when he hugs his father on the terrace after one of that life talks we useless. With Chithha and 3bhk, There’s a quiet ressuance that siddharth can ease into his character. As is the case with the endearing Meetha Raghunath, whose camaraderie with the entertainment family sparkles. Chaithra of Sapta saagaradaache ello Fame makes an impact in the few scenes she appears. With these two in the frame, 3bhk‘S family is as close to being a real one, with dreams.

What Didn’t Work for Me, however, was when 3bhk Slips away from the core pursuit of the home story; There is a tangent involving a forced engine that looked oddly out of place in an otherWise Singularly focused film that is pacted leisurely.

Music composer amrit ramnath, who dished out a terrific soundtrack in Malayalam film Varshangalukku sheshamDebuts in tamil cinema with this and brings along a fresh musical optive, thus servicing the needs of such a film to the fullest. Pepered with the catchy stock musical phrase – ‘kanvellam nijamaga …’ – through the many phases in the film adds value. Also contributing in good measure are cinematograshrs dinesh krishnan and jithin stanislaus, as does art director Vinoth Rajkumar’s Blast-to-the-Past Props.

The most refreshing part of 3bhk is the absence of a singular hero. When you walk out of the cinema hall, it is the image of the four-member family that sticks with you. In a year that Gave us Kudumbasthan and Tourist family, 3bhk Is a Worthy Addition to the List of Feel-Good Entertainers. It shines light on the family, without veering into any unnecessary commercial elements 3bhk Feels like a tight hug of ressurance.

3bhk is currently running in theatres

Published – July 04, 2025 12:34 pm IST