'Thani Oruvan' prioritizes storytelling over identity politics. Characters, including the leads, are defined by their motivations, intelligence, and actions, not simply by their gender, caste, or social status. There’s little evidence of forced diversity or characters being written solely to tick ideological boxes. It’s a straightforward battle of wits and morality.

The film plays with traditional ideas of good versus evil, celebrates familial bonds, and doesn't take potshots at religion or conventional values. Masculine virtues like courage and duty are depicted without mockery. There’s minimal subversion of gender roles or any overt cultural revisionism, what you get is pretty traditional fare.

There’s no obvious sidelining or demonization of traditional perspectives here. The villain is a product of ambition and intellect, not a caricature of any ideology. Characters have distinct motives, and alternative worldviews are presented within the scope of the plot’s moral framework, without shoehorning modern ideological debates.