Sun Pictures’ DC: The Bloody Valentine (dubbed from the Tamil film of the same name; A) is an action film.
Devadas alias Das (Lokesh Kanagaraj) belongs to a gang which is fighting atrocities of the police force. The gang leader is Arasu (Thalaivasal Vijay), and the gang members are Kitty (Avinash Raghudevan), Karuppan (Jawahar Sakthi) and Sebastian (Pranav Teophine), besides Das, of course. When this gang steals weapons from a police van, police officer Bhojraj (Krish Dayal) and his team get on their case. Police officer Bhojraj gets a lead on the whereabouts of Das and his team members. Although Das, Kitty and Karuppan escape from Bhojraj, the latter kills hotel singer Parvathi (Sanjana A.K.) whom Das had taken a liking to. While on the run from the police, Das befriends Chandra (Wamiqa Gabbi) who has been forced into prostitution. He sets her and all the other prostitutes free from the brothel in which they are held captive. How Das seeks revenge for the wrongs done by Bhojraj and how Chandra avenges the atrocities perpetrated on her by her clients form the crux of the drama.
The story is inspired by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Devdas. Franklin Jacob and Arun Matheswaran’s story has many layers and is interesting in parts even though it does not have much novelty. The duo’s screenplay, with additional screenplay by Arun Ranjan, is fast-paced. However, it tends to become too much for the womenfolk to digest because it is replete with violence, often gruesome. Some emotions touch the heart. A big minus point of the drama is that most of the characters are played by actors who aren’t well-known faces for the Hindi cinema-going audience. Dialogues (by Manish Bhawan) are quite nice.
Lokesh Kanagaraj gives a fiery performance as Devadas alias Das. Wamiqa Gabbi is quite nice as Chandra. Sanjana A.K. makes her mark in a brief role as Parvathi. Thalaivasal Vijay is effective as Arasu. Krish Dayal performs very well as Bhojraj. Avinash Raghudevan makes his presence felt in the role of Kitty. Jawahar Sakthi is natural as Karuppan. Pranav Teophine is good as Sebastian. Sharath Ravi leaves a fine impression as Chunnilal. Balaj Deviprasad shines as Ashraf. A. Raajarishi is impactful as Singaram. Kasthuri Raja is good as Motor Mani. Attul has his moments as Rajarishi. Manoj Sashi is alright as Manoj. Kalaiyarasan R. is okay in the role of Raja. Manikam is quite nice. Franklin Jacob (as Frank), Dileepan K. (as Dilip), Karnaraajaa (as the DGP), Baskar R. (as Angani), Vijayalakshmi Veeramani (as Vadivu), Nanthis M. (as Angani’s son), Deepam Philipose (as Yuvaraj), Pream K. Seshadri (as Saamikannu), Bigil Siva (as the doctor), Ashram Malliserri (as Karachi Kannan), Samundeeswari J. (as Amulu), Kapil Velavan (as E. Kapil), Raja Raghupathy (as police officer Arokiyaraj), Viraj (as Kitty’s brother), Nageshwari T. (as Arasu’s wife), Harish (as Arasu’s son), Madhesh (as young Devadas), J. Vaishalini (as Ashraf’s daughter), Hannah (as Ashraf’s wife), Vikash J. (as the police informer), Kizhakkuvaasi Chanderan (as the singer), Sasi Kumar P.A. (as the police officer), Sarah Black (as Parvathi’s friend), Salamon (as Parvathi’s friend), V.G. Raajesh (as the police officer), Subramanian Mathavan (as the lodge owner), Deepak (as the warehouse owner), and the rest of the artistes provide adequate support.
Arun Matheswaran’s direction is effective. He keeps the viewers involved and engrossed with his narration. Anirudh’s music is fairly nice. Lyrics (Ritesh G. Rao) are alright. Anirudh’s background music is outstanding. Mukesh G.’s cinematography is lovely. PC Stunts’ action and stunt scenes are very raw and will put off the ladies audience but will be loved by the masses. Kannan S.’s art direction is of a proper standard. Prasanna G.K.’s editing is sharp. Dubbing is very good.
On the whole, DC: The Bloody Valentine is a fair entertainer but its prospects at the Hindi box-office are bleak because of two main reasons — awareness about the film is low, and the actors are not well-known faces.
Released on 7-8-’26 at Inox (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru Dharma Productions. Publicity & opening: poor. …….Also released all over. Opening was weak everywhere.