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Mixed · provisional12+
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47
Mixed · provisional
4 reviews read · 1 with the critic’s own rating
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A CBI murder-mystery led by veteran detective Iyer. Early scenes show several dead bodies described as gruesome, with one critic warning…
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12+
CBFC: U/A
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Goutham VS · 1 May 2022
Praises Mammootty's effortless return as Sethurama Iyer and calls the script intelligently woven and engaging, singling out Jagathy Sreekumar's… Read it there →
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76
Deepa Soman · 1 May 2022
CBI 5: The Brain Movie Review: A tantalising and twisty crime thriller Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
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70
S. R. Praveen · 1 May 2022
Argues nostalgia is the film's only asset and even that gets overused; calls the investigation dreary, the staging lazy, and the final twist… Read it there →
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25
Cris · 1 May 2022
Says Mammootty retains Sethurama Iyer's charm but the letdown script, jarring music and tedious, melodrama-heavy sequences leave the film "hardly… Read it there →
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18
Anna MM Vetticad · 8 May 2022
CBI 5: The Brain movie review — Scrapes through by riding on nostalgia and Mammootty’s towering presence Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
50
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Synopsis
Series of bucket-killing murders happening in the city. Failure to resolve by police, a team of CBI Officers under CBI officer Sethurama Iyer take up the investigation to resolve the never experienced mystery.
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