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Mixed · provisionalAll ages
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48
Mixed · provisional
4 reviews read · 2 with the critic’s own rating
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A mystery-thriller about a magistrate probing a boy's eerily accurate murder stories, tied to a fatal car accident and decades-old…
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CBFC: U
3 of 7 categories documented
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The Times Of India · 9 Apr 2021
Nizhal Movie Review: A thriller that will keep you guessing Read it there →
Published · 3.0/5
Filmi’s reading 68
60
S. R. Praveen · 9 Apr 2021
The Hindu praises Nizhal's atmosphere and its patient, well-built mystery, but says the final reveal lands as a whimper after all that setup;… Read it there →
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65
Manoj Kumar R · 11 May 2021
Nizhal movie review: Nayanthara, Kunchacko Boban thriller is high on promise and low on delivery Read it there →
Published · 2/5
Filmi’s reading 30
40
Baradwaj Rangan · 15 May 2021
Baradwaj Rangan finds Nizhal's many ideas — PTSD, the supernatural, childhood trauma — never cohere, and calls the central reveal unconvincing;… Read it there →
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30
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Synopsis
A First class judicial Magistrate comes across an 8 year old boy-Nithin & his murder stories. Do they have real life connection?
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Appu N. BhattathiriEditing · Director
S SanjeevWriter
Sooraj S. KurupMusic
Deepak D MenonCinematography
Arunlal SPEditing
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