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2023 · Tamil · 2h 19m · Drama, Thriller, Mystery
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Filmi Score
Exceptional
6 reviews
85
4 exceptional2 very good
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Critics call Chithha a mature, sensitively crafted must watch built on Siddharth's career-best performance, with most singling out the same weak spot: a final stretch that turns conventional or out of character.
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Summary
Chithha (2023, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 85 from 6 critic reviews, and streams on Prime Video in the US.
Easwaran, a young government employee gets the shock of his life when his niece Sundari goes missing. After initially wrongly accused of kidnapping her, he eventually comes to know that a child abuser has kidnapped her and he makes it his mission to rescue Sundari.
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Easwaran, a young government employee gets the shock of his life when his niece Sundari goes missing. After initially wrongly accused of kidnapping her, he eventually comes to know that a child abuser has kidnapped her and he makes it his mission to rescue Sundari.
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Srinivasan is unreservedly enthusiastic, praising Chithha's poetic craft, surprising screenplay and Siddharth's career-best performance, naming it… Read it there →
Srinivas calls Chithha a nail-biting, superbly crafted thriller-drama and 'an absolute must watch,' reserving only the debatable handling of the… Read it there →
Rajkumar calls Chithha a necessary watch and a masterclass in sensitively depicting child sexual abuse, faulting a weak final scene and… Read it there →
The reviewer praises the writing as very strong, calls Siddharth's performance a welcome return to serious roles, and highlights the child actor… Watch it there →
The Vikatan review praises the cast, direction and technical craft, but flags an avoidable violent shot, a conventional revenge climax and… Read it there →
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78
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 6 readings; 1 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 Chithha?
Chithha is streaming on OTT: JioHotstar (India), Prime Video (the US, the UK and Canada) and Hulu (the US). It can also be rented or bought on Amazon Video (the US and the UK), Google Play Movies (the US) and YouTube (the US, the UK and Canada). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Chithha?
Chithha has a Filmi Score of 85 (Exceptional), the mean of 6 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 78 (Cinema with Varun) to 96 (Cinema Express). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
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