Diesel Movie REVIEW: Is Harish Kalyan's Action Movie Worth Your Time? Read Fans Reaction

Let's take a look at the Twitter review of the movie Diesel, directed by Shanmugam Muthusamy and starring Harish Kalyan and Athulya Ravi, which has been released as a Diwali treat.

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Diesel Movie Twitter Review

After 'Lubber Pandhu', Harish Kalyan stars in 'Diesel', a big-budget film about the oil mafia. It's a Diwali release with a huge cast and hit music by Dhibu Ninan Thomas.

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Diesel Twitter Review

'Diesel' is an action-heist thriller about oil smuggling, a rare theme in Tamil cinema. Its visual style is a plus, but the pacing is slow, and the story structure falters.

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How is the movie Diesel?

The film starts as a gangster flick and turns into a social-political thriller. Harish Kalyan shines as an action hero, and Athulya looks beautiful. The screenplay could be tighter.

#Diesel - Diesel - Starts off like usual gangster film in the first half and second half completely shifts into social - political thriller genre. Harish Kalyan impresses and comfortably moves to action avatar. Athulya looks pretty and has acted well. Dhibu Songs & BGM were good.…

— Sathish Kumar M (@sathishmsk) October 17, 2025

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Diesel Review

Harish Kalyan successfully carries this socially responsible film about oil politics. The first half is racy, but the second half becomes more dramatic. Vinay and Athulya did well.

#Diesel - #HarishKalyan shoulders the entire film and has been successful in it. Dir #ShanmugamMuthusamy has delivered a socio commercial film that talks about the oil politics. The first half is racy & the second half enters the drama zone. #AthulyaRavi#VinayRai has done their… pic.twitter.com/v7hoiZIAOM

— FabFlickz (@FabFlickz) October 17, 2025

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Harish Kalyan steps out of his comfort zone as a North Chennai youth in this film about the oil mafia from the 90s to 2014. The second half is compared to 'Kaththi'.

#Diesel - @iamharishkalyan comes out of his comfort zone by playing a North Chennai youngster in the film that talks about oil mafia existed between early 90s to 2014. Director Shanmugham Muthusamy has tried to deliver a formulaic movie that follows the footsteps of AR Murugadoss… pic.twitter.com/MTmXjgGUXz

— Rajasekar (@sekartweets) October 17, 2025