Anusha Sundar of OTTPlay gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "Tharunam desires to be considered a style-shifting movie that makes you can get invested in romance from the main 50 percent, and a thriller of sorts in the next. But scarcely will be the Kishen Das and Smruthi Venkat-starrer capable to make it happen. With its shallow crafting and far from actua