India, May 15 -- After battling a last-minute financial hiccup that pushed its release by a day, filmmaker-actor RJ Balaji's Karuppu, starring Suriya and Trisha Krishnan, finally arrived in theatres on Friday to much fanfare. Soon after the first-day-first-show screenings wrapped up, fans flooded the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, with glowing reactions.

Going by the early reactions, Karuppu seems to have struck the right chord, with many calling it a "solid commercial entertainer" packed with action, emotions and mass moments.

"#Karuppu an Absolute theatrical commercial feast.Has so many High moments especially the interval & Pre Climax.Sureshot Blockbuster loading," one social media user wrote, with one mentioning...