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Hridayam review
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Filmi Score
Exceptional
5 reviews
82
What the critics say
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Critics call Hridayam a warm, well-made coming-of-age romance anchored by Pranav Mohanlal's breakout performance and strong music, though several note it runs long and could be tighter in the second half.
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Summary
Hridayam (2022, Malayalam) has a Filmi Score of 82 from 5 critic reviews, is rated 7+ by Filmi (CBFC: U), and streams on JioHotstar in India.
Arun and Darshana are first-year engineering students and they fall in love soon after their college begins. And just as how things work generally in teenage, the road ahead isn't too easy for them. Life offers many twists and turns that they least expect.
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Cast & crew
Cast
Directed and written by Vineeth Sreenivasan · music Hesham Abdul Wahab
Vineeth SreenivasanWriter · Director
Hesham Abdul WahabMusic
Viswajith OdukkathilCinematography
Ranjan AbrahamEditing
Pranav MohanlalLead
Darshana Rajendran
Kalyani Priyadarshan
Aswath Lal
Vijayaraghavan
Arun Kurian
Aju Varghese
Athul Ram Kumar
Ann Saleem
Johny Antony
Annu Antony
Abishek Joseph George
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Production designAshwini Kale
CostumeDivya George
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Summary
Arun and Darshana are first-year engineering students and they fall in love soon after their college begins. And just as how things work generally in teenage, the road ahead isn't too easy for them. Life offers many twists and turns that they least expect.
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What the critics said
5 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
The critic’s own number where they gave one
Sajin Shriijth · 21 Jan 2022
Sajin Shriijth calls Hridayam a warm, expertly structured coming-of-age film with career-best work from Pranav Mohanlal and Kalyani Priyadarshan,… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
92
Tony · 21 Jan 2022
Tony calls Hridayam a memorable, heartwarming watch, praising Pranav Mohanlal's charm and the young cast's chemistry, the songs, and the film's… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
85
Anu Chandra · 21 Jan 2022
The critic calls Hridayam a heart-touching, unmelodramatic musical love story, praising Pranav Mohanlal's performance, Hisham Abdul Wahab's music,… Read it there →
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85
Anand Kochukudy · 21 Jan 2022
3.5/5, stated in the text — not a formal rating. Read it there →
Stated in text
Filmi’s reading 78
70
Deepa Soman · 21 Jan 2022
Hridayam Movie Review: A flavourful thali of campus days and the life after Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 68
70
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 5 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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Hridayam: quick answers
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Where can I watch Hridayam?
Hridayam is streaming on OTT: JioHotstar (India). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Hridayam?
Hridayam has a Filmi Score of 82 (Exceptional), the mean of 5 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 68 (Times of India) to 92 (Cinema Express). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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