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Summary
Check (2021, Telugu) has a Filmi Score of 38 from 7 critic reviews, and streams on Sun NXT in the US.
Aditya is a death row prisoner facing charges of terrorism. His only hope for living lies in the game of chess.
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 by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti · written by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti & Venkat Naresh Reddy · music Kalyani Malik
Chandra Sekhar YeletiDirector · Writer
Venkat Naresh ReddyWriter
Kalyani MalikMusic
Rahul ShrivatsavCinematography
Sanal AnirudhanEditing
NithiinLead
Rakul Preet Singh
Priya Prakash Varrier
Simran Choudhary
Posani Krishna Murali
Murali Sharma
Harsha Vardhan
Sampath Raj
Sai Chand
Rohit Pathak
Virendra Chauhan
Chaitanya Krishna
Full crew
SoundKdk Shankar · Nagarjuna Thallapalli
Production designVivek Annamalai
Costumesushmitha bommidi · Neeraja Kona
LyricsSree Mani
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Summary
Aditya is a death row prisoner facing charges of terrorism. His only hope for living lies in the game of chess.
Check (2021, Telugu) has a Filmi Score of 38 from 7 critic reviews, 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
26 Feb 2021
Describes the setup as an intriguing concept given commercial, formulaic treatment — fight scenes and a song balancing the vulnerable drama —… Read it there →
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48
Neeshita Nyayapati · 26 Feb 2021
Check Movie Review: A game of chess that leaves you wanting Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 48
50
Gabbeta Ranjith Kumar · 26 Feb 2021
Praises the novel prison-chess premise and several performances, especially Sai Chand, but finds the climax derivative of a famous Hollywood… Read it there →
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45
YouTube, Telugu · transcript read · 26 Feb 2021
The critic calls Check disappointing overall, noting only occasional directorial touches and a strong interval stretch; the ending's clarifying… Watch it there →
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32
Sangeetha Devi Dundoo · 26 Feb 2021
Sees a strong premise squandered by a predictable, derivative narrative that borrows heavily from prison-drama classics; singles out good… Read it there →
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32
Hemanth Kumar CR · 26 Feb 2021
The critic finds Check derivative of The Shawshank Redemption, with bland storytelling and an underdeveloped, unconvincing protagonist. Despite a… Read it there →
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30
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 Check?
Check is streaming on OTT: Prime Video (India and the UK), SonyLIV (India), Sun NXT (India, the US, the UK and Canada) and Vi Movies and TV (India). It can also be rented or bought on Amazon Video (the US and the UK). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Check?
Check has a Filmi Score of 38 (Weak), the mean of 7 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 30 (Firstpost) to 48 (Times of India). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
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