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5 reviews
59
What the critics say
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Nayanthara's performance anchors this underdog story, with critics praising her, the music and some clever writing choices, but calling the plot predictable, repetitive and muddled by caste and religious politics it doesn't fully work through.
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Summary
Annapoorani (2023, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 59 from 5 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Fubo in the US.
A young girl from a conservative family aspires to become the best cook in India.
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Cast & crew
Cast
Directed by Nilesh Krishnaa · written by Nilesh Krishnaa & Arul Sakthi Murugan · music S. Thaman
Nilesh KrishnaaDirector · Writer
Arul Sakthi MuruganWriter
S. ThamanMusic
Sathyan SooryanCinematography
Praveen AntonyEditing
NayantharaLead
Jai Sampath
Sathyaraj
Karthik Kumar
Poornima Ravi
Redin Kingsley
K. S. Ravikumar
Achyuth Kumar
Sachu
Renuka
Suresh Chakravarthy
Full crew
SoundG. Suren · S. Alagia Koothan
Production designG. Durairaj
CostumeAnu Vardhan · Dinesh Manoharan · Jeeva Karunya
ActionStunt Sugan
MakeupMaari · Pattanam Rashid
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Summary
A young girl from a conservative family aspires to become the best cook in India.
Annapoorani (2023, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 59 from 5 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Fubo in the US.
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What the critics said
5 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
The critic’s own number where they gave one
Akchayaa Rajkumar · 1 Dec 2023
Despite muddled caste and religious politics and a predictable, occasionally illogical plot, the critic calls Annapoorani a refreshing, satisfying… Read it there →
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78
Siddarth Srinivas · 1 Dec 2023
The critic calls this a strong, largely successful star vehicle for Nayanthara, praising her performance and the technical polish, while flagging… Read it there →
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76
Unni Narayanan · YouTube, Malayalam · transcript read · 24 Dec 2023
The critic found the underdog story relatable, though clichéd and predictable, and praised the performances and music while objecting to an… Watch it there →
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63
Avinash Ramachandran · 1 Dec 2023
The critic finds the film a hot mess of rushed, over-convenient plotting redeemed partly by Nayanthara and a clever inversion of the male-lead… Read it there →
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48
6 Dec 2023
Despite a strong Nayanthara performance and some inspired writing choices (Jai's reversed role, the art direction), the critic finds the… Read it there →
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32
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What did critics say about Annapoorani?
Annapoorani has a Filmi Score of 59 (Good), the mean of 5 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 32 (Ananda Vikatan) to 78 (The News Minute). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
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