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7 reviews
46
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Summary
City Lights (2026, Kannada) has a Filmi Score of 46 from 7 critic reviews, and is rated 18+ by Filmi (CBFC: A).
Follows two individuals who move from a village to Bengaluru, only to confront the harsh realities of survival in a fast-paced, indifferent city.
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Box office collection
₹$≈ at ₹88/$, as of 26 Oct 2026
₹9.83 CrWorldwide gross in 35 days
India gross₹9.83 Cr
Overseas gross₹0.00 Cr
As of 26 Oct 2026 · Sacnilk · still running
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Cast & crew
Directed by Duniya Vijay · written by Maasthi Upparahalli
Cast
Vinay RajkumarLead
Monisha vijay kumar
Umashree
B M Giriraj
Vinod Master
Veera Devaraj
Vasantha Krishnamurthy
Gopalkrishna Deshpande
Punith Puni Kumar
Full crew
LyricsNagarjun Sharma
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Summary
Follows two individuals who move from a village to Bengaluru, only to confront the harsh realities of survival in a fast-paced, indifferent city.
City Lights (2026, Kannada) has a Filmi Score of 46 from 7 critic reviews, and is rated 18+ by Filmi (CBFC: A).
Where to watch
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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
A Sharadhaa · 19 Sep 2026
The critic calls this Vijay Kumar's rawest, most empathetic work, praising its performances, cinematography and music for capturing Majestic's… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
Yemen S · 18 Sep 2026
City Lights Movie Review: Love, survival and the city’s forgotten lives, a familiar Vijay Kumar world Read it there →
Published · 3.0/5
Filmi’s reading 62
60
YouTube, Kannada · transcript read · 19 Sep 2026
The reviewer liked City Lights' underworld-of-Bengaluru premise, its messaging, Monisha's debut performance and Umashree's turn, but found the… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
48
Likhith · YouTube, Kannada · transcript read · 18 Sep 2026
The reviewer calls City Lights an average theatrical experience: Charan Raj's music and some performances (notably Monisha) land, but the core… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
45
Sanjay Ponnappa · 18 Sep 2026
City Lights review: Duniya Vijay's raw thriller let down by formulaic writing Read it there →
Published · 2/5
Filmi’s reading 33
40
Jagadish Angadi · 19 Sep 2026
The critic finds the film fragmented, with too many underdeveloped threads (police-politician nexus, exploitation, trans identity) making the… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
32
Vivek M.V. · 19 Sep 2026
The critic finds Vijay Kumar's directorial skill declining, faulting a fragmented second half, violence used for shock rather than storytelling,… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
25
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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City Lights: quick answers
Box office, where to watch and what critics said — from the same data as the page.
What is City Lights's box office collection?
City Lights has a box office collection of ₹9.83 Cr worldwide (gross), made up of ₹9.83 Cr India gross and ₹0.00 Cr overseas gross. Figures are Sacnilk's, as of 26 Oct 2026, day 35 and still running. Grosses are contested in India, and money never feeds the Filmi Score.
How much has City Lights collected at the box office?
City Lights has collected ₹9.83 Cr worldwide in 35 days, as of 26 Oct 2026, according to Sacnilk.
Where can I watch City Lights?
City Lights is not on any OTT service we track in India, the US, the UK or Canada right now. Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about City Lights?
City Lights has a Filmi Score of 46 (Mixed), the mean of 7 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 25 (The Hindu) to 78 (Cinema Express). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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