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Very good
7 reviews
74
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Critics overwhelmingly call it a lyrical, visually stunning portrait of Mumbai anchored by a career-best Kani Kusruti performance, though one reviewer found the pacing abrupt and some scenes gratuitous.
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Summary
All We Imagine as Light (2024, Malayalam) has a Filmi Score of 74 from 7 critic reviews, is rated 18+ by Filmi (CBFC: A), and streams on Kanopy in the US.
In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest.
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In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest.
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Das declares this the finest film of the year, praising Kapadia's lyrical direction and Kani Kusruti's arresting performance in a landmark… Read it there →
Unni calls the film incredible, praising its immersive storytelling, sound design, visuals and especially Kani Kusruti's performance as… Watch it there →
Sharma calls the film a stunning, mesmerising portrait of Mumbai and the transient lives passing through it, praising its narrative minimalism and… Read it there →
Mishra calls All We Imagine as Light a lyrical, deeply felt portrait of three women navigating Mumbai, praising Kapadia's direction, the cast's… Read it there →
Sucharita Tyagi walks admiringly through the film's craft — Ranbir Das's cinematography, Payal Kapadia's observational direction, the three… Watch it there →
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; 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 All We Imagine as Light?
All We Imagine as Light is streaming on OTT: JioHotstar (India), Vi Movies and TV (India), Kanopy (the US), BFI Player (the UK) and Channel 4 (the UK). It can also be rented or bought on Amazon Video (the US and the UK), Apple TV (the US, the UK and Canada) and Google Play Movies (the US). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about All We Imagine as Light?
All We Imagine as Light has a Filmi Score of 74 (Very good), the mean of 7 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 30 (Yogi Bolta Hai) to 93 (Hindustan Times). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
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