Headstrong) is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by M. Saravanan and produced by Allirajah Subaskaran under the banner of Lyca Productions.
The film stars Trisha Krishnan, Bekzod Abdumalikov and Anaswara Rajan (in her Tamil debut) in the lead roles.
[5] Thaiyal Nayagi is a fearless investigative journalist who works for an online news portal committed to promoting equality, democracy, and justice.
The story starts a few weeks earlier, when Thaiyal encounters Inspector Krishnamurthy during a routine police check and records him making inappropriate comments, which she later posts online.
To find Aalim's location, Thaiyal asks for a photo and receives one of Minister Kumaravel Rajan's illegal deals with terrorists.
As Aalim draws his last breaths, he professes his love for Sushmitha and presents her with a talisman she had previously gifted to a taxi driver.
[15] A critic for India Herald wrote "Unexpectedly fantastic, Raangi is the ideal weekend action thriller".
[16] Logesh Balachandran of The Times of India gave the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Raangi is unexpectedly great and it's a perfect action thriller for the weekend".
[17] Janani K of India Today gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote "Trisha has given a decent performance as Thaiyal Nayagi, but it is baffling to see how she agreed to go by so many problematic ideas".
[22] Khalillulah of Hindu Tamil Thisai wrote "Apart from that, the inadequacy of the scenes to do justice to the soul of the story is felt towards the end".
"[24] Kirubhakar Purushothaman of The Indian Express gave the film 1 out of 5 stars and wrote "It’s unfortunate that after a great comeback as Kundhavai in Ponniyin Selvan this year, Trisha ends 2022 on such a low note".
[25] Avinash Ramachandran of Cinema Express rated the film 1.5 out of 5, and wrote, "Constant oscillation between insensitivity and wokeness simply magnifies the problematic parts of the narrative".