The film features an ensemble cast of Jayaram, Kalidas Jayaram, Shruti Haasan, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Andrea Jeremiah, Bobby Simha, M. S. Bhaskar, Ritu Varma, Urvashi, Suhasini Maniratnam, Anu Haasan, Kathadi Ramamurthy, Komalam Charuhasan, Gurucharan C, Leela Samson, Sharath Ravi and Vettai Muthukumar among others.

Two daughters, Valli (Suhasini Maniratnam) and Saras (Anu Hasan) are visiting their comatose mother Soundara (Komalam Charuhasan).

They are upset about their father Mahendran (Kathadi Ramamurthy) treating her at home and the fact that their younger sister Ramya (Shruti Haasan) has decided not to come meet their mother over past fights.

Two poor thugs, Devan (Bobby Simha) and Rocky (Sharath Ravi), want to make quick money by believing in the miracle that the Baba talks about.

The story of the three intervenes to a funny climax where the thugs remain poor, Michael finds a lot of money to make his film, and the Guruji loses a few millions.

[2][10] M. Suganth of The Times of India gave 3 out of 5 stars stating "Puthum Pudhu Kaalai doesn't leave you with the heady feel-goodness of Sillu Karuppatti, with parts working better than the whole, but still, it is a step in the right direction for anthologies in Tamil cinema.

[13] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave 2.5 out of 5 and stated "Putham Pudhu Kaalai is easy on the eye and mind but largely devoid of any radical breaks from the tried and tested.

"[14] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave 2.5 out of 5 and stated "Putham Pudhu Kaalai consists of five shorts made by a bunch of well-known directors.

"[15] Karthik Kumar of Hindustan Times stated "The Amazon Prime film is an anthology of five shorts, the unifying factor being the coronavirus lockdown.

"[16] Sowmya Rajendran of The News Minute gave 3.5 out of 5 and stated "Putham Pudhu Kaalai is a fun weekend watch.

"[17] Karthik Keramalu of The Quint gave 3 out of 5 and stated "Putham Pudhu Kaalai, unlike last year's Kannada anthology Katha Sangama, isn't made up of hugely varying narratives.

"[18] Behindwoods gave 3 out of 5 stars stating, "Putham Pudhu Kaalai, is an anthology of feel good, positive stories.

"[20] Janani K of India Today gave 3.5 out of 5 and stated "Putham Pudhu Kaalai is a delightful anthology that makes you realise the worth of relationships in your life.

"[22] Nandini Ramanath of Scroll.in stated "An epoch-altering epidemic might be raging, but hope, happiness and a new world are round the corner, Putham Pudhu Kaalai suggests, not always convincingly.