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Movie Name: 3BHK
Directed by: Sri Ganesh
Starring: Siddharth, R. Sarathkumar, Devayani, Yogi Babu, Meetha Raghunath, Chaithra J. Achar
Genre: Family, Drama
Release Date: 04 July, 2025
Language: Tamil
Running Time: 140 Minutes
Rating:
Production Companies: Shanthi Talkies
Budget: ₹- crore
3BHK: Movie Overview
3BHK is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language family drama film written and directed by Sri Ganesh. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of Siddharth, R. Sarathkumar, Devayani, Yogi Babu, Meetha Raghunath and others in important roles. The film is produced by Arun Viswa under Shanthi Talkies banner.
3BHK is scheduled to release in theatres on 4 July 2025.
On 17 May 2024, actor Siddharth who was last seen in Chithha (2023) announced his next project with 8 Thottakkal (2017) and Kuruthi Aattam (2022) fame Sri Ganesh, in their maiden collaboration. The film was tentatively titled Siddharth40, as it marks the 40th film of the lead actor and marks the second production venture of Arun Viswa’s Shanthi Talkies after Maaveeran (2023). Apart from Siddharth, the film features R. Sarathkumar and Devayani in important roles, who are reuniting after two decades alongside Good Night (2023) fame Meetha Raghunath and Kannada actress Chaithra J. Achar in her Tamil debut.
The title of the film 3BHK was revealed on 5 February 2025, through a 1 minute 30 seconds long title-reveal teaser along with the glimpse of the characters played by the lead actors. The technical team consists of music composer Amrit Ramnath, cinematographers Dinesh Krishnan B and Jithin Stanislaus, editor Ganesh Siva and art director Vinoth Rajkumar N. The move is based on critically acclaimed tamil short story 3BHK veedu written by Aravindh Sachidanandam.
Principal photography began in Chennai after a formal pooja ceremony on 15 July 2024. Filming got wrapped on 5 March 2025.
The soundtrack and background is scored by Varshangalkku Shesham (2024) fame Amrit Ramnath in his Tamil debut. The first single titled “Kanavellam” released on 21 May 2025. The second single “Idi Mazhai” was released on 21 June 2025.
3BHK is scheduled to release in theatres on 4 July 2025.
Movie Trailer:
Movie Review:
This Siddharth-Sarath Kumar-starrer radiates warmth and goodness
An emotional drama that captures the struggles of a family whose desire is to move into a home of its own
A few years ago, in 2022, came along a nondescript Tamil film titled Kuruthi Aatam, starring Atharvaa. I wrote in my review about this sophomore film from 8 Thotakkal filmmaker Sri Ganesh: “The biggest problem of Kuruthi Aattam is its desire to pack many things into its already-long 149-minute narrative. There’s just too much happening too soon here.”
With his latest film, 3BHK,Sri Ganesh sorts this issue out. The first sequence gets you right into the story — and this elaborates what the trailer already beautifully showcased — Vasudevan (Sarath Kumar) and his family want to build a home. Can they?
This 140-minute cinematic effort goes into answering this singular question. And as it does that, it veers into the individual journeys of the lead characters — Vasudevan (Sarath Kumar), Prabhu (Siddharth), Shanthi (Devayani) and Aarthi (Meetha Ragunath).
Early into 3BHK, the family is rushing to watch a film. They are in an autorickshaw, with Prabhu clinging onto the driver’s seat. Despite being worried if they will be late, Vasudevan’s eyes wistfully look at an apartment under construction. It was something that came up for sale a few years ago, which he couldn’t afford.
And so that evening, the family huddles together after dinner to do the math. Can they actually afford to buy a home in the city? Or would they spend the rest of their lives living out of rented homes? Could they — a regular middle-class family struggling to make ends meet — be a small king in the concrete jungle?
The math just doesn’t work out. Aarthi, the brightspark in the house and a school topper, does the calculations and breaks it down into monthly savings. Everyone smiles. Maybe they just can buy their dream home.
Refreshingly looking at everything from the lens of the different homes the family moves into, 3BHK delves deep into the average Indian mindset of desperately wanting to possess a home instead of living in rented accommodation. For some families, this dream is fulfilled within a few years. And for some, like Vasudevan and his family, it takes an entire lifetime.
This very desire to own a home becomes the life purpose of Vasudevan and family. In its initial sequences, 3BHK recreates the Nineties beautifully — a time when exam results arrived on the computers over a patchy Internet connection, the tension over the marks increasing with every pause and keyboard blink on the computer screen.
Sarath Kumar packs a punch in his role, discovering layers to Vasudevan even as he reacts to mostly disappointing news that comes his way. This is as much a story of the father and son, as it is about the pursuit of various houses.
All four in the family are facing some sort of a test. While Sarath Kumar has to learn computers to cope with a changing work environment, Devayani needs to run some sort of a home food business to keep some money coming in. Aarthi needs to adjust too — in fact, the first scene has her jostling with her brother for the bigger cupboard in the house. The biggest test, of course, is faced by Siddharth, whose life is literally a string of failures with little light at the end of the tunnel. He does destroy a few keyboards angrily in the process of finding light, but what keeps him going is his endearing family and their longing for a home.
Siddharth looks not a day older than when he debuted in Boys in 2003 (How? Can he please write a book on this or share secrets? ). Besides his looks and the many books he’s buried his nose into, he showcases a convincing performance as a frustrated man trying to address the constant battle between what he desires and what he delivers. Watch out for his agony when a boss gives him an average rating. Or the beaming pride that radiates when he hugs his father on the terrace after one of those life talks we usually dread having. With Chithha and 3BHK, there’s a quiet reassurance that Siddharth can ease into his characters. As is the case with the endearing Meetha Raghunath, whose camaraderie with the entire family sparkles. Chaithra of Sapta Saagaradaache Ello fame makes an impact in the few scenes she appears. With these two in the frame, 3BHK’s family is as close to being a real one, with dreams.
What didn’t work for me, however, was when 3BHK slips away from the core pursuit of the home story; there is a tangent involving a forced engagement that looked oddly out of place in an otherwise singularly focussed film that is paced leisurely.
Music composer Amrit Ramnath, who dished out a terrific soundtrack in Malayalam film Varshangalukku Shesham, debuts in Tamil cinema with this and brings along a fresh musical perspective, thus servicing the needs of such a film to the fullest. Peppered with the catchy stock musical phrase — ‘Kanavellam Nijamaga…’ — throughout the many phases in the film adds value. Also contributing in good measure are cinematographers Dinesh Krishnan and Jithin Stanislaus, as does art director Vinoth Rajkumar’s blast-to-the-past props.
The most refreshing part of 3BHK is the absence of a singular hero. When you walk out of the cinema hall, it is the image of the four-member family that sticks with you. In a year that gave us Kudumbasthan and Tourist Family, 3BHK is a worthy addition to the list of feel-good entertainers. It shines light on the family, without veering into any unnecessary commercial elements such as fights or songs. 3BHK feels like a tight hug of reassurance.
3BHK Movie Songs:
Song Title: Kanavellam
Lyrics: Sri Ganesh
Music Composer: Amrit Ramnath
Singers: Ananthu, Kalyani Nair, Uthara Unnikrishnan, Amrit Ramnath
Song Title: Idi Mazhai
Lyrics: Paal Dabba
Music Composer: Amrit Ramnath
Singers: Paal Dabba And Amrit Ramnath
Song Title: Thullum Nenjam
Lyrics: Karthik Netha
Music Composer: Amrit Ramnath
Singers: Shreya Ghoshal and Amrit Ramnath
