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Filmi Score
Weak
10 reviews
28
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Most critics call Vishal's dual-role directorial debut an overlong, dated and poorly edited three hours, with weak writing and staging overshadowing a strong score and a few bright moments like Anjali's second-half performance.
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Summary
Magudam (2026, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 28 from 10 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Prime Video in the US.
Peaceful medical representative and shipping harbor worker Linga's life changes because of betrayal and conflict in a coastal community.
Where to watchAvailability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.
Box office collection
₹$≈ at ₹88/$, as of 26 Oct 2026
₹1.69 CrWorldwide gross in 13 days
India gross₹1.69 Cr
Overseas gross₹0.00 Cr
As of 23 Oct 2026 · Sacnilk · still running
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Cast & crew
Cast
Directed by Vishal Krishna · written by Vishal Krishna & Ravi Arasu & Pon Parthiban & Anand Kumaresan · music G. V. Prakash Kumar
Vishal KrishnaDirector · Writer
Ravi ArasuWriter
Pon ParthibanWriter
Anand KumaresanWriter
G. V. Prakash KumarMusic
Richard M. NathanCinematography
Abinandhan RamanujamCinematography
N. B. SrikanthEditing
Vishal KrishnaLead
Anjali
Dushara Vijayan
John Vijay
Jayaprakash
Ajay
Vamsi Krishna
Abu Salim
Arjai
Vj Jhansi
Padam Kumar
Sabhumon
Full crew
SoundT. Udayakumar
Production designG. Durairaj
CostumeVasuki Bhaskar
ChoreographyBrinda Gopal · Apsar R · Azar · Dinesh
LyricsEkadesi · V7H · Karunakaran · Uma Devi · Vivek
ActionDhilip Subbarayan
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Summary
Peaceful medical representative and shipping harbor worker Linga's life changes because of betrayal and conflict in a coastal community.
Magudam (2026, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 28 from 10 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Prime Video 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.What the critics said
10 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 10 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
MG Vijayan · 14 Aug 2026
Onlykollywood calls Magudam a passable, average entertainer with a strong BGM and a better second half, but faults the uneven, overlong screenplay… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
60
Yashaswini Sri · 14 Aug 2026
Magudam movie review: Vishal’s directorial debut swings big, lands unevenly Read it there →
Published · 2/5
Filmi’s reading 45
40
Akshay Kumar · 14 Aug 2026
Cinema Express likes the unhurried, grounded first half but says the film unravels once it turns into Vishal's political launchpad, with weak… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
35
Latha Srinivasan · 14 Aug 2026
Magudam Review: Vishal's Directorial Debut Is Over-Ambitious And Underwhelming Read it there →
Published · 2/5
Filmi’s reading 33
40
Roopa Radhakrishnan · 14 Aug 2026
Magudam Movie Review: An overstuffed formula film that never quite takes off Read it there →
Published · 2.0/5
Filmi’s reading 30
40
YouTube, Telugu · transcript read · 15 Sep 2026
The critic calls the film an outdated, recycled story ('old acid in a new bottle'), mocks the older-Vishal flashback gimmick and an excessive… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
20
Unni Narayanan · YouTube, Malayalam · transcript read · 14 Aug 2026
A sustained comic takedown of Vishal's dual-role directorial debut, mocking the bloated three-hour runtime, the car-showroom subplot, over-the-top… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
18
Bhuvanesh Chandar · 14 Aug 2026
The Hindu calls Magudam a checklist rehash of Vishal's own Mark Antony, faulting the amateurish writing, terrible scene staging, and some of the… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
15
Janani K · 14 Aug 2026
Magudam review: Vishal's crown slips in his directorial debut Read it there →
Published · 1/5
Filmi’s reading 12
20
Vishal Menon · 14 Aug 2026
Hollywood Reporter India calls Magudam wholly unoriginal, a copy of a copy padded out with a 40-minute non-event about buying a car, and says the… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
12
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Magudam: quick answers
Box office, where to watch and what critics said — from the same data as the page.
What is Magudam's box office collection?
Magudam has a box office collection of ₹1.69 Cr worldwide (gross), made up of ₹1.69 Cr India gross and ₹0.00 Cr overseas gross. Figures are Sacnilk's, as of 23 Oct 2026, day 13 and still running. Grosses are contested in India, and money never feeds the Filmi Score.
How much has Magudam collected at the box office?
Magudam has collected ₹1.69 Cr worldwide in 13 days, as of 23 Oct 2026, according to Sacnilk.
Where can I watch Magudam?
Magudam is streaming on OTT: Prime Video (India, the US, the UK and Canada). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Magudam?
Magudam has a Filmi Score of 28 (Weak), the mean of 10 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 12 (India Today) to 60 (OnlyKollywood). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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