The film stars Radhakrishnan Parthiban, Brigida Saga, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Robo Shankar, Sai Priyanka Ruth in the lead roles.

At 18 he falls in love with a girl who seems to reciprocate his feelings, but ends up cheating on him for money, breaking his heart.

Parthiban also revealed that he wanted to make a film of this nature after gaining the confidence from his previous directorial Oththa Seruppu Size 7.

[11] The production team installed 50 sets in 75 acre land in OMR and the film was shot with a non-linear narrative.

[14][15] The official audio launch of the film was held in Chennai on 5 June 2022 in the presence of Abhishek Bachchan and A. R. Rahman.

[25] Director Seenu Ramasamy heaped praise on the film calling it as a lighthouse to Tamil cinema.

[26] Ganesh Aaglave of Firstpost after reviewing the film wrote "Courage and foolishness sail in the same boat.

"[29] Bhavana Sharma of Pinkvilla rated 3 out of 5 and wrote "The captain of the ship has done a good job as a director and actor as well.

Parthiban also uses music (AR Rahman, whose stirring score is like a ray of light in this film's dark world) sound effects cleverly to make us forget that entire film has been shot in one place, inside the huge set that we are shown in the making-of video.

"[31] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV wrote "But in the end, in terms of its style and spunk, Iravin Nizhal ploughs its own distinct furrow.

"[32] R. Krishnakumar of Deccan Herald rated the film 3.5 out of 5 and wrote "Parthiban sets the episodic flashbacks to good pace, their staging elevated by a terrific score from A R Rahman.

"[33] Bharathy Singaravel of The News Minute rated 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Iravin Nizhal is at the least a crashing bore; at the worst, single-take magic aside, a noxious mix of misogyny and self-indulgence.

"[36] Gopinath Rajendran of New Indian Express rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote " The film shows that with excellent workmanship and technological mastery, the boundaries of storytelling and filmmaking can be pushed to great limits—and sometimes, even if the story isn’t great, this is its own type of gratification.

"[37] A critic for India Herald wrote that "In that regard, this "enterprise" is unquestionably a success because parthiban accomplishes his goals.

"[38] Vijaya Shankar of DT Next rated the film 4.5 out of 5 stars and wrote that "Iravin Nizhal too comes with its flaws like its protagonist Nandhu but is an impressive experiment with technical mastery and unconventional storytelling from a filmmaker who always wants to give the audience something new and unique, which needs to be appreciated.