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Good
7 reviews
54
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Critics mostly call Seeru a watchable, crisp mass entertainer led by a strong Jiiva and a standout Varun as the villain, though they fault a predictable, clichéd script and an underwritten heroine.
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Summary
Seeru (2020, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 54 from 7 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Xumo Play in the US.
A guy from a small-town takes on a ruthless criminal lawyer for his friend and sister(s).
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Cast & crew
Directed by Rathina Shiva & Sami Rajalingam · written by Rathina Shiva · music D. Imman
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Summary
A guy from a small-town takes on a ruthless criminal lawyer for his friend and sister(s).
Seeru (2020, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 54 from 7 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Xumo Play in the US.
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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
M Suganth · 6 Feb 2020
Seeru Movie Review: A solid masala movie that nicely balances sentiment and action Read it there →
Published · 3.0/5
Filmi’s reading 72
60
Siddarth Srinivas · 7 Feb 2020
Critic calls Seeru a speedy, watchable mass entertainer carried by Jiiva and Varun's performances and Imman's music, but faults the loud,… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
65
Sreedhar Pillai · 7 Feb 2020
Pillai calls Seeru a formulaic mass entertainer that works as timepass thanks to its crisp runtime, Jiiva's easy screen presence and Varun's… Read it there →
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63
Srinivasa Ramanujam · 7 Feb 2020
Ramanujam finds Seeru's first hour a checklist of tired masala tropes and outdated presentation, but says the plot's late twists and Jiiva's… Read it there →
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52
Anupama Subramanian · 8 Feb 2020
Critic finds performances mostly solid (Jiiva, Varun) and the songs and background score hummable, but calls the plot predictable, the central… Read it there →
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50
Ashameera Aiyappan · 7 Feb 2020
Aiyappan mocks Seeru's dialogue and hero-worship logic throughout, concluding the writing shows 'lack of coherence or effort' and calling it… Read it there →
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15
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; 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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Seeru: quick answers
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Where can I watch Seeru?
Seeru is streaming on OTT: SonyLIV (India), Vi Movies and TV (India) and Xumo Play (the US). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Seeru?
Seeru has a Filmi Score of 54 (Good), the mean of 7 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 15 (Cinema Express) to 72 (Times of India). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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