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Aadikeshava review
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Weak
3 reviews · provisional
35
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Summary
Aadikeshava (2023, Telugu) has a Filmi Score of 35 from 3 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Netflix in the US.
A man battles criminals exploiting child labour.
Where to watchAvailability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.
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Cast & crew
Cast
Directed and written by Srikanth N Reddy · music G. V. Prakash Kumar
Srikanth N ReddyWriter · Director
G. V. Prakash KumarMusic
Prasad MurellaCinematography
DudleyCinematography
Naveen NooliEditing
Panja Vaisshnav TejLead
Sreeleela
Joju George
Aparna Das
Radhika Sarathkumar
Keshav Deepak
Rajsekhar Aningi
Sriram Reddy Polasane
Jayaprakash
Nellore Sudharshan
Racha Ravi
Sravan Raghavendra
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Production designA. S. Prakash
LyricsKasarla Shyam · Ramajogayya Sastry
ActionRam Chella · Lakshman Chella
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Summary
A man battles criminals exploiting child labour.
Aadikeshava (2023, Telugu) has a Filmi Score of 35 from 3 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Netflix in the US.
Where to watch
Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.What the critics said
3 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
The critic’s own number where they gave one
YouTube, Telugu · transcript read · 24 Nov 2023
The reviewer calls the songs bad and confusingly placed, admits nearly walking out in the second half, and praises Sudarshan's comedy, but closes… Watch it there →
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42
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 3 readings; 2 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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Where can I watch Aadikeshava?
Aadikeshava is streaming on OTT: Netflix (India, the US, the UK and Canada). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Aadikeshava?
Aadikeshava has a Filmi Score of 35 (Weak), the mean of 3 readings of critic reviews, one per review. The score is provisional until at least five reviews are read. Readings run from 27 (Gulte) to 42 (Poolachokka). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
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