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2018 · Tamil · 2h 35m · Romance, Drama · CBFC U
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Filmi Score
Exceptional
4 reviews · provisional
86
3 exceptional1 very good
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Critics call it a hard-hitting, unflinching look at caste discrimination carried by Kathir's performance and strong cinematography and score, with only mild quibbles about the early romantic track and Anandhi's character.
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Summary
Pariyerum Perumal (2018, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 86 from 4 critic reviews, is rated 10+ by Filmi (CBFC: U), and streams on Prime Video in the US.
A law student from a lower caste begins a friendship with his classmate, a girl who belongs to a higher caste, and the men in her family start giving him trouble over this.
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A law student from a lower caste begins a friendship with his classmate, a girl who belongs to a higher caste, and the men in her family start giving him trouble over this.
Pariyerum Perumal (2018, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 86 from 4 critic reviews, is rated 10+ by Filmi (CBFC: U), 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.
Reviewer calls the film's handling of caste discrimination hard-hitting yet never preachy, praises Kathir's nuanced lead performance and the… Read it there →
Reviewer calls it a hard-hitting, subtly told anti-caste drama with a strong lead performance, striking cinematography and score, and a hopeful… Read it there →
3.75/5, stated in the text — not a formal rating. Read it there →
Stated in textFilmi’s reading 78
75
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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Pariyerum Perumal is streaming on OTT: Prime Video (India, the US, the UK and Canada). It can also be rented or bought on Google Play Movies (the US) and YouTube (the US and the UK). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Pariyerum Perumal?
Pariyerum Perumal has a Filmi Score of 86 (Exceptional), 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 78 (OnlyKollywood) to 93 (Deccan Chronicle). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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