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Filmi Score
Good
3 reviews · provisional
55
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What the critics say
Antony Varghese anchors a warm, witty neighbourhood comedy that critics say loses its footing once the rooster subplot takes over, leaving a promising but unevenly shaped debut.
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Madhyamam calls Poovan a warm, unpretentious comedy carried by Antony Varghese's affecting turn as a man thrown off balance by a stray rooster,… Read it there →
Cris finds a warm, well-observed neighbourhood drama undone once the film leans into its rooster subplot, losing direction and momentum in the… Read it there →
Madhu praises a witty, well-cast first half and the neighbourhood's easy secular texture, but finds the writing loses coherence once the rooster… Read it there →
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38
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Poovan is streaming on OTT: ZEE5 (India). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Poovan?
Poovan has a Filmi Score of 55 (Good), the mean of 3 readings of critic reviews, one per review. The score is provisional until at least five reviews are read. Readings run from 38 (Cinema Express) to 76 (Madhyamam). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
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