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Filmi Score
Good
6 reviews
63
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Critics agree the Nagarjuna-Nani chemistry and comedy carry Devadas, with Mani Sharma's score and a strong first half praised, but a thin, melodramatic plot and a dragging, weaker second half hold it back.
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Summary
Devadas (2018, Telugu) has a Filmi Score of 63 from 6 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on ZEE5 in India.
A sincere doctor Das works at a private clinic, where he meets the dreaded don Deva who arrives injured. After the treatment, Das and Deva form a deep friendship until Deva's mafia background and gruesome history causes a rift in their bond.
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Cast & crew
Cast
Directed by Sriram Adittya · written by Sriram Adittya & Venkat D Pati · music Mani Sharma
Sriram AdittyaWriter · Director
Venkat D PatiWriter
Mani SharmaMusic
Shamdat SainudeenCinematography
Prawin PudiEditing
Nagarjuna AkkineniLead
Nani
Rashmika Mandanna
Aakanksha Singh
Kunal Kapoor
Naveen Chandra
Murali Sharma
Vennela Kishore
Rao Ramesh
Srinivas Avasarala
R. Sarathkumar
Naresh
Full crew
SoundRaghunath Kamisetty · Tapas Nayak
Production designSahi Suresh
CostumeGeetha Gowtham · Pallavi Singh · Shilpa G.N.S. · Shravya Varma
ChoreographyV J Shekar · Brinda Gopal · Prem Rakshith
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Summary
A sincere doctor Das works at a private clinic, where he meets the dreaded don Deva who arrives injured. After the treatment, Das and Deva form a deep friendship until Deva's mafia background and gruesome history causes a rift in their bond.
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What the critics said
6 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 6 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Suresh Kavirayani · 30 Sep 2018
The critic calls the first half a complete entertainer carried by Nagarjuna and Nani, with a second half that drags, closing that the film is… Read it there →
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76
Sangeetha Devi Dundoo · 27 Sep 2018
The critic finds the Nagarjuna-Nani bromance and comic chemistry the film's real draw, praising Mani Sharma's score, but faults underwritten… Read it there →
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74
Suhas Yellapantula · 27 Sep 2018
Devadas Movie Review {3.5/5}: The Deva and Das show is thoroughly entertaining Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 72
70
Krishna Sripada · 27 Sep 2018
The critic dismisses Devadas's plot logic, character writing and stylistic indulgence as shallow, but concedes it works as pure comedy,… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
60
The critic finds Devadas watchable chiefly for Nagarjuna and Nani's screen chemistry and the film's technical polish, but faults an unoriginal,… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
47
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; 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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Devadas: quick answers
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Where can I watch Devadas?
Devadas is streaming on OTT: ZEE5 (India). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Devadas?
Devadas has a Filmi Score of 63 (Good), the mean of 6 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 47 (Idlebrain) to 76 (Deccan Chronicle). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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