The Road is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film[1] written and directed by Arun Vaseegaran in his directorial debut.

The films stars Trisha as Meera, who sets out to find the real cause of a tragedy that has befallen her family.

The cast also features Shabeer Kallarakkal, Santhosh Prathap, Miya George, Vivek Prasanna, Vela Ramamoorthy and M. S.

They learn that he received money from the bank account of a villager and find Bhaskaran, who was responsible for transferring it.

Meera finds a house under Prasad's possession with Uma's help and realises that he is the one who controls the entire network from a private number.

Subramani calls Meera and tells her about Chella's friend Mayazhagan, who was a college professor ten years ago.

From Prasad's laptop, Meera learns that Gangadharan was actually a gold-smuggling consultant, and he planned to smuggle 500 kg of gold from Kerala to Mumbai through NH 44.

[14][15][16] M. Suganth of The Times of India gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "The investigation part largely works, and the director manages to keep the mystery under wraps until the reveal, but the film turns pretty generic once we get the identity of the mastermind behind the chilling crimes.

"[17] K. Janani of India Today gave 2 out of 5 stars and wrote, "'The Road' could have been a solid thriller with a few surprises in the screenplay.

"[18] Anusha Sundar of Cinema Express gave 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "The Road isn't just a substandard mixed bag of many elements together but has a problematic moral compass on pressing issues of today's times.

"[19] Bhuvanesh Chander of The Hindu wrote, "For Trisha, who once again shows that she deserves a script worth her stardom and heart, The Road offers nothing new and her poor run with solo lead films continues.

"[20] Swathi P. Ajith of Onmanorama wrote, "The film deserves recognition for its attempt to introduce a fresh concept, intertwining two parallel narratives and merging them into a coherent storyline.