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2019 · Telugu · 2h 12m · Drama · CBFC U
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Filmi Score
Very good
4 reviews · provisional
72
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A sincere, well acted biopic led by a career-best Priyadarshi that stays true to Mallesham's real story, though the second half sags and the slow, documentary-like pacing takes some adjusting to.
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Summary
Mallesham (2019, Telugu) has a Filmi Score of 72 from 4 critic reviews, is rated 10+ by Filmi (CBFC: U), and streams on Sun NXT in the US.
A sixth-standard school drop-out faces many ups and downs in life when he decides to design a weaving machine to ease the plight of his mother and many like her in his village, who take up Asu work.
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A sixth-standard school drop-out faces many ups and downs in life when he decides to design a weaving machine to ease the plight of his mother and many like her in his village, who take up Asu work.
Mallesham (2019, Telugu) has a Filmi Score of 72 from 4 critic reviews, is rated 10+ by Filmi (CBFC: U), and streams on Sun NXT 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.
A warm, well-observed biopic that avoids weepy or heroic clichés, anchored by a career-best Priyadarshi and strong support from Jhansi and Ananya;… Read it there →
The critic finds Mallesham a sincere, well-acted biopic with authentic dialect, but faults its slow, documentary-like screenplay, weak pacing and… Read it there →
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52
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 4 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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Where can I watch Mallesham?
Mallesham is streaming on OTT: Sun NXT (India, the US, the UK and Canada). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Mallesham?
Mallesham has a Filmi Score of 72 (Very good), the mean of 4 readings of critic reviews, one per review. The score is provisional until at least five reviews are read. Readings run from 52 (GreatAndhra) to 82 (The Hindu). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
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