Critical Reception
Unnaipol Oruvan received largely positive reviews from the critics. Sify said that technically the film was picture-perfect and that both Kamalahassan and Mohanlal coming together is worth the ticket money. It mentioned that unlike in the Hindi version where Naseeruddin Shah had an edge over Anupam Kher, here the best dialogues were almost equally given to Mohanlal as well.
Behindwoods rated that overall it was a brilliant work which will be appreciated by every socially responsible citizen of India. Indiaglitz commented that Unnaipol Oruvan deserves to be watched to see how Kamal & Mohanlal pit against Nasser & Kher. Kollywood Today praised that the movie was stupendously awesome and was a must-watch.Pavithra Srinivasan of rediff.com provided 4 stars and also had the same comments.
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