Maruthi Nagar Police Station

Maruthi Nagar Police Station also known by the initials MNPS, is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by Dayal Padmanabhan. The film features an ensemble cast including Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Arav, Santhosh Prathap, Mahat Raghavendra, and Yasar. It is produced by Dayal Padmanabhan under the banner of D Pictures. The film had a direct-to-streaming release via Aha on 19 May 2023 to negative reviews from critics.

Maruthi Nagar Police Station
Release poster
Directed by	Dayal Padmanabhan
Written by	Dayal Padmanabhan
Produced by	Dayal Padmanabhan
Starring	Varalaxmi Sarathkumar Arav
Cinematography	Shekhar Chandra
Edited by	Preethi Mohan Babu A. Srivastava
Music by	Manikanth Kadri
Production company	D Pictures
Release date	19 May 2023 (2023-05-19)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Varalaxmi Sarathkumar as Archana Draupadi
• Arav as ACP Nedunchezhiyan
• Santhosh Prathap as Bala
• Mahat Raghavendra as Jaishankar
• Vivek Rajgopal
• Yasar Arafat
• Meesai Rajendran
• Ravi Venkatraman
• Sundar Raj
• Amit Bhargav
• Subramaniam Siva
• Shruti Nayak
• Joe Simon
• Jayann
• Vinod Bharathi
• Yash Shetty
• Moorthy
• Vijayan
• Balaji
• Nambi
• Chandra Chud

Production

The film's shoot was completed within 21 days.^[1] Later the trailer was released and announced the film would premiere directly on the streaming service Aha on 19 May 2023.^[2]

Reception

Praveen Sudevan critic of The Hindu wrote that "The performances, too, fail to elevate the underwritten characters. It’s just difficult to care for any of them in this whodunnit. Or, I-don’t-care-whodunnit."^[3] Haricharan Pudipeddi, a critic for the Hindustan Times, stated that "Varalaxmi gets a meatier part and she does a pretty neat job.".^[4] Janani K of India Today gave 2 stars out of 5 and stated that "Maruthi Nagar Police Station suffers from predictability. Even the so-called twists and turns in the climax do not add up to the story because you are already exhausted by then."^[5] P Sangeetha of OTT Play gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote that "Dayal Padmanabhan's film might have its twists and turns, but fails short of becoming an impactful film due to the many loose ends and predictability."^[6]