Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal (2022 film)

Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal was the late writer Jayakanthan's award-winning novel, which was adapted later into a film of the same name in 1977 by A. Bhimsingh.[6] In July 2021, the title of Ashok Selvan's new project was announced by Kamal Haasan as Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal (with a different story) in Twitter. In December 2021, the children of Jayakanthan had appealed to Kamal Hassan to avoid reusing the title since the title was synonymous with their father's name.[7] But still the title was unchanged as Kamal said that the title atmost can be used as the late writer Jayakandhan gave his consent to use the title and this was conveyed by Kamal Hassan in this movie's Audio launch.

Filming began in the month of January in the year 2021 and was completed in the month of December.[8]

The film was released in theatres on 28 January 2022.[4]

Actor Kamal Haasan who launched the first look poster of the film released the film’s trailer.[9][2] The post-theatrical streaming rights of the film were bought by Aha Tamil and the satellite rights by Colors Tamil.

Logesh Balachandran of The Times of India who gave the film 3.0 out of 5 stars stated that "Regret can make all of us feel an implacable bitterness like no other emotions. When every character in the film goes through a similar emotion, we are forced to be a part of their journey and introspect our own tales. Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal is a heartwarming film with some takeaways for all generations."[10] Avinash Ramachandran of Cinema Express rated the film 4.5 out of 5 stating that "This film is an example of the talent Tamil cinema has at its disposal; let’s hope then that they too get well-utilised before it is too late."[11] Behindwoods rated the film 2.75 out of 5 stars and wrote that "Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal ends up as an engaging watch due to the good performances and writing."[12] Vishal Menon of Film Companion stated that "All of this contributes a lot to how we want to overlook an overall lack of finesse that could have been fixed with a bigger budget and a stronger supporting cast. We also want to excuse how underwritten Abi Hassan’s portions feel and the dialogue writing here, even though it deals with a fascinating idea for a separate short film. But despite these flaws and its generally flat making style, Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal is a nicely-written drama about screwed-up people and how a singular event presents all four of them with a chance at redemption."[13]