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44
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Summary
Joshua Imai Pol Kaakha (2024, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 44 from 6 critic reviews, is rated 15+ by Filmi (BBFC: 15), and streams on Xumo Play in the US.
A contract killer seeking a different profession is assigned to protect a high-profile speaker.
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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Box office collection
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Cast & crew
Directed and written by Gautham Vasudev Menon · music Karthik
Cast
Varun KamalLead
Raahei
Krishna Kulasekaran
Dhivyadharshini
Mansoor Ali Khan
Vichitra
Lizzie Antony
Kitty
Nishaanth Ramakrishnan
Sai Siddharth
Full crew
SoundG. Suren · S. Alagia Koothan
Production designKumar Gangappan
CostumeUthara Menon
LyricsVivek
ActionYannick Ben
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Summary
A contract killer seeking a different profession is assigned to protect a high-profile speaker.
Joshua Imai Pol Kaakha (2024, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 44 from 6 critic reviews, is rated 15+ by Filmi (BBFC: 15), and streams on Xumo Play 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.Not streaming yet
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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
Sudhir Srinivasan · 1 Mar 2024
Critic praises the film's vulnerable, injury-conscious action staging, Karthik's score, and its lean 130-minute runtime, while noting the mystery… Read it there →
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78
1 Mar 2024
OnlyKollywood calls Joshua a slick action thriller carried by Varun's committed performance, sharp stunt choreography and a standout score, but… Read it there →
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62
Baradwaj Rangan ✓ Claimed · 1 Mar 2024
Rangan finds the romance inert and the flashbacks about Joshua's past fail to land, and the villain's motive doesn't register either. He credits… Read it there →
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32
1 Mar 2024
Critic likes the stylish action staging, Varun's screen presence and the action cinematography, but faults flat romantic performances, superficial… Read it there →
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32
Latha Srinivasan · 1 Mar 2024
The critic calls this GVM's most disappointing film, faulting a weak storyline, lame dialogues, mostly flat performances and underwhelming music.… Read it there →
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30
Ranjani Krishnakumar · 2 Mar 2024
Critic finds the film emotionally hollow across its love, action and mystery strands, faulting thin characterization, clunky dialogue and a lack… Read it there →
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28
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; 0 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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Joshua Imai Pol Kaakha is streaming on OTT: Prime Video (India) and Xumo Play (the US). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Joshua Imai Pol Kaakha?
Joshua Imai Pol Kaakha has a Filmi Score of 44 (Mixed), the mean of 6 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 28 (The News Minute) to 78 (Cinema Express). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
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