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Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo review
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Filmi Score
Very good
7 reviews
75
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Critics call this an engaging family drama anchored by a career-best Allu Arjun performance and Thaman's score, though most note a thin story and sagging second-half pacing.
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Summary
Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (2020, Telugu) has a Filmi Score of 75 from 7 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Sun NXT in the US.
After growing up enduring criticism from his father, a young man finds his world shaken upon learning he was switched at birth with a millionaire's son.
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
Directed and written by Trivikram Srinivas · music S. Thaman
Cast
Allu ArjunLead
Pooja Hegde
Murali Sharma
Jayaram
Sushanth
Samuthirakani
Tabu
Rajendra Prasad
Nivetha Pethuraj
Sunil Varma
Rahul Ramakrishna
Navdeep
Full crew
Production designA. S. Prakash
CostumeEka Lakhani
ChoreographyV J Shekar
LyricsKrishna Chaitanya · Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry · Ramajogayya Sastry · Kasarla Shyam · Kalyan Chakravarthy
ActionLakshman Chella · Ram Chella
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Summary
After growing up enduring criticism from his father, a young man finds his world shaken upon learning he was switched at birth with a millionaire's son.
Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (2020, Telugu) has a Filmi Score of 75 from 7 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Sun NXT 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
7 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 7 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo review by jeevi - Telugu cinema review - Allu Arjun, Pooja Hegde Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 80
70
Deeksha Sharma · YouTube, Hindi · transcript read · 14 Feb 2022
Calls Allu Arjun's performance a career-high, full of energy, and says the film is a total entertainer once your brain is switched off; her main… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
Sangeetha Devi Dundoo · 12 Jan 2020
The reviewer finds Trivikram back in form with an empathetic family drama, praising Allu Arjun's performance, Tabu and Jayaram, and Thaman's… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
ramakrishna · 11 Jan 2020
Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Review – Sankranthi family entertainer Read it there →
Published · 3/5
Filmi’s reading 76
60
YouTube, Hindi · transcript read · 14 Feb 2022
Reviewer calls Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo an entertaining family film, praising Allu Arjun's screen presence and the theatre's clapping, whistling… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
75
Karthik Keramalu · 13 Jan 2020
The reviewer sees a formulaic Trivikram family drama with unmemorable dialogue and a muted, underwritten heroine, but says it 'has a lot going for… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
62
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 7 readings; 3 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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Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo: quick answers
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Where can I watch Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo?
Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo is streaming on OTT: Sun NXT (India, the US, the UK and Canada) and Goldmines Play (India). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo?
Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo has a Filmi Score of 75 (Very good), the mean of 7 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 62 (The Quint) to 80 (Idlebrain). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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