it had done away with the song-and-dance-and-romance and such trappings." Haricharan Pudipeddi of The New Indian Express said, "Most of the characters are made to look dumb as Vijay steals all the attention. Kajal's role as a boxer, which she squanders with her clichéd performance, is definitely a turn off in the film. Jayaram and Sathyan, who're supposed to make us laugh, fail miserably in the process" and concluded, "In essence, "Thuppakki" has the energy of Vijay and intellect of A.R. Murugadoss". J Hurtado of Screen Anarchy called the cinematography "astonishingly good" and added that, "Murugadoss and Vijay have never worked on a better-looking movie", but called the film "an enjoyable, though largely forgettable film". N. Venkateshwaran of The Times of India said, "Thuppakki will definitely be picked up by a big Bollywood star for a remake. For, the gun was bang on target". In contrast, Vivek Ramz from in.com rated it 3 out of 5 and said that it "doesn't meet the huge expectations it had created for itself", calling it "another regular commercial film which entertains in bits and pieces". Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff rated the film 2.5 out of 5, saying "Vijay fans will find plenty to rejoice in this subdued avatar of their star, but audiences who seek intelligence in their movies will find it rather dull". Ananda Vikatan rated the film 44 out of 100. Accolades At the 60th Filmfare Awards South, Thuppakki was nominated for seven categories including Best Film, Best Director (Murugadoss) and Best Actor (Vijay), but did not win in any category. However, the film won four of ten nominations at the 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards: Best Actress – Critics for Aggarwal, Best Actor in a Negative Role for Jammwal, Best Music Director for Harris Jayaraj and Best Fight Choreographer for Kecha. The film as nominated at sixteen categories during the 7th Vijay Awards and won six awards, the highest in this ceremony. The awards were mostly from the favourite awards branch, which were: Favourite Film, Favourite Director (Murugadoss), Favourite Hero (Vijay), Favourite Heroine (Aggarwal) and Favourite Song (Google Google); Vijay further received an Entertainer of the Year award also for his work in Nanban. In addition, the film won an Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award, one CineMAA Award, one Chennai Times Film Award and three Edison Awards. Dubbed versions and remakes Murugadoss remade the film in Hindi as Holiday: A