▁The ▁official ▁tra iler ▁was ▁un ve iled ▁on ▁ 7 ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁A ▁huge ▁prison ▁like ▁set ▁was ▁built ▁in ▁Forum ▁V ij aya ▁Mall , ▁Chen na i ▁for ▁the ▁promotion ▁of ▁this ▁film . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁initially ▁sl ated ▁to ▁release ▁on ▁ 2 7 ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁but ▁the ▁release ▁was ▁pushed ▁to ▁October , ▁and ▁the ▁mak ers ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁film ▁will ▁be ▁released ▁on ▁ 2 5 ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁coinc iding ▁with ▁Di w ali . ▁ ▁Home ▁media ▁ ▁The ▁T amil ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁made ▁available ▁to ▁stream ▁on ▁O TT ▁platform ▁Hot star ▁on ▁ 2 5 ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁The ▁Tel ug u ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁made ▁available ▁to ▁stream ▁on ▁O TT ▁platform ▁A hav ideo ▁IN . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Ka ith i ▁received ▁highly ▁positive ▁reviews ▁from ▁critics ▁who ▁pra ised ▁Kar th i ’ s ▁performance , ▁Lok esh ’ s ▁direction ▁and ▁the ▁screen play . ▁India ▁Today ▁gave ▁ 3 . 5 ▁out ▁of ▁ 5 ▁stars ▁stating ▁" K a ith i ▁is ▁a ▁film ▁that ▁show cases ▁film making ▁at ▁its ▁best , ▁and ▁Kar th i ▁is ▁ter r ific ▁and ▁so ▁natural ▁that ▁you ▁could ▁literally ▁picture ▁a ▁prisoner ▁going ▁through ▁a ▁t ough ▁time ." ▁The ▁Times ▁of ▁India ▁gave ▁ 3 . 5 ▁out ▁of