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Premam (Malayalam, 2015) review
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Filmi Score
Very good
7 reviews
78
What the critics say
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Critics call Premam a breezy, stylishly shot coming of age love story with real craft, strong music and a standout ensemble led by Nivin Pauly, though a few note the thin, cliché-heavy plot and indulgent second half run too long.
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Summary
Premam (2015, Malayalam) has a Filmi Score of 78 from 7 critic reviews, is rated 7+ by Filmi (CBFC: U), and streams on Vi Movies and TV in India.
Three stages in George's life, and three girls he encounters in each stage.
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Cast & crew
Directed and written by Alphonse Puthren · music Rajesh Murugesan
Cast
Nivin PaulyLead
Madonna Sebastian
Sai Pallavi
Anupama Parameswaran
Shabareesh Varma
Krishna Shankar
Soubin Shahir
Vinay Forrt
Ananth Nag
Siju Wilson
Anju Kurian
Suraj Sathyan
Full crew
SoundSree Sankar · Vishnu Govind · M. R. Rajakrishnan
Production designT. Sunil Babu
CostumeSameera Saneesh
ChoreographySai Pallavi
LyricsPradeep Palar · Shabareesh Varma · Rajesh Murugesan · Alphonse Puthren
ActionAlphonse Puthren · Run Ravi
MakeupRonex Xavier
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Summary
Three stages in George's life, and three girls he encounters in each stage.
Premam (2015, Malayalam) has a Filmi Score of 78 from 7 critic reviews, is rated 7+ by Filmi (CBFC: U), and streams on Vi Movies and TV in India.
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What the critics said
7 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 7 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Veeyen · 14 Feb 2014
Premam (2015) | Premam Malayalam Movie | Movie Reviews, Showtimes | nowrunning Read it there →
Published · 4.0/5
Filmi’s reading 90
80
Anupama Chopra · 8 Jan 2020
Headlined 'Anupama Chopra Recommends,' the review calls Premam a stylised but unvarnished ode to romance, singling out Nivin Pauly and Sai… Read it there →
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87
Fahir Maithutty · 29 May 2020
A five-years-later technique breakdown that admires Alphonse Puthren's editing, pacing, sound design and performances scene by scene, with no… Read it there →
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83
Dipti Kharude · 29 May 2018
On the film's third anniversary, the critic calls Premam a breezy, subtle coming-of-age story carried by Nivin Pauly and a strong ensemble of… Read it there →
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79
Baradwaj Rangan ✓ Claimed · 25 Jun 2015
Baradwaj Rangan says he liked the film a lot, praising its staging, editing and cinematography as real filmmaking despite a thin, clichéd story;… Read it there →
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78
31 May 2015
The critic praises Premam's simple, familiar story told through Alphonse Puthren's confident, unhurried craft — organic humour, strong ensemble… Read it there →
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76
By Mythily Ramachandran, Special to tabloid! · 10 Jun 2015
Calls Premam 'a delightful entertainer' carried by Nivin Pauly and a strong supporting cast, but faults the film for overstaying its welcome — an… Read it there →
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50
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 7 readings; 1 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 Premam?
Premam is streaming on OTT: Vi Movies and TV (India) and JioHotstar (India). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Premam?
Premam has a Filmi Score of 78 (Very good), the mean of 7 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 50 (Gulf News) to 90 (NowRunning). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
The Audience Score appears once three readers’ reviews have been read under the rubric — built from what people write, never from the rating numbers.
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