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Filmi Score
Very good
15 reviews
78
What the critics say
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Critics overwhelmingly call Soorarai Pottru a triumphant underdog story anchored by a career-best Suriya and a revelatory Aparna Balamurali, though several flag a cartoonish, clichéd villain and a melodramatic, overlong middle stretch.
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Summary
Soorarai Pottru (2020, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 78 from 15 critic reviews, is rated 7+ by Filmi (CBFC: U), and streams on Prime Video in the US.
Nedumaaran Rajangam "Maara" sets out to make the common man fly and in the process takes on the world's most capital intensive industry and several enemies who stand in his way.
Where to watchAvailability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.
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Cast & crew
Cast
Directed by Sudha Kongara Prasad · written by Sudha Kongara Prasad & Shalini Usha Devi & Vijay Kumar · music G. V. Prakash Kumar
Sudha Kongara PrasadDirector · Writer
Shalini Usha DeviWriter
Vijay KumarWriter
G. V. Prakash KumarMusic
Niketh BommiCinematography
Sathish SuriyaEditing
SuriyaLead
Aparna Balamurali
Paresh Rawal
Mohan Babu
Urvashi
Karunas
'Poo' Ram
Krishnakumar Balasubramanian
Vivek Prasanna
Kaali Venkat
Vinodhini Vaidyanathan
Prakash Belawadi
Full crew
SoundG. Suren · Vishnu Govind · Sree Sankar
Production designJacki
CostumePoornima Ramaswamy
ChoreographyShobi Paulraj · V J Shekar
LyricsArunraja Kamaraj · Ekadesi · Maya Mahalingam · Yugabharathi · Arivu · Snehan · Vivek
ActionGreg Powell · Vicky
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Summary
Nedumaaran Rajangam "Maara" sets out to make the common man fly and in the process takes on the world's most capital intensive industry and several enemies who stand in his way.
Soorarai Pottru (2020, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 78 from 15 critic reviews, is rated 7+ 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.What the critics said
15 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 15 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Anmol Jamwal · YouTube · transcript read · 12 Nov 2020
Anmol Jamwal calls Soorarai Pottru cinematic gold and one of the decade's best performances from Surya, praising the screenplay's balance of the… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
96
YouTube, Hindi · transcript read · 4 Apr 2021
The reviewer calls the Hindi dub brilliant and paisa vasool, though he says the emotional connection lands harder in the original Tamil version.… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
90
Haricharan Pudipeddi · 12 Nov 2020
Pudipeddi calls Soorarai Pottru a triumphant, flawlessly working underdog story anchored by a phenomenal Suriya and a revelatory Aparna… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
88
Ranjani Krishnakumar · 12 Nov 2020
Krishnakumar calls Soorarai Pottru a rare success — Suriya's performance and Kongara's writing/direction handle multiple plot angles effortlessly… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
85
Deeksha Sharma · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 12 Nov 2020
4/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 82
80
YouTube · transcript read · 17 Nov 2020
Sucharita Tyagi calls Soorarai Pottru an enjoyable, heartfelt piece of old-fashioned storytelling, praising Aparna Balamurali's Bummi as an… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
80
Umesh Punwani · 12 Nov 2020
Soorarai Pottru Movie Review: Suriya Gives A Characteristically Fanciful Flight To Sudha Kongara’s 10-Year-Worth Of Superluminal Vision! Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 78
70
Srinivasa Ramanujam · 12 Nov 2020
Ramanujam praises the writing and Suriya's committed performance, calling several character beats and the score standout, while noting the lead… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
M Suganth · 11 Nov 2020
Soorarai Pottru Movie Review: Soorarai Pottru is an inspiring tale with a robust performance from Suriya Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 76
70
Karthik Keramalu · 12 Nov 2020
3.5/5, stated in the text — not a formal rating. Read it there →
Stated in text
Filmi’s reading 76
70
Varun · YouTube, Kannada · transcript read · 11 Nov 2020
Varun praises Aparna Balamurali's natural performance and a few emotionally strong scenes, but frames the film overall as real incidents told… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
68
Sowmya Rajendran · 12 Nov 2020
Rajendran calls this Suriya's best outing in years and praises the film's gender writing, but finds the villain-driven business plot the weakest,… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
65
Shubhra Gupta · 12 Nov 2020
Soorarai Pottru review: Suriya’s way, all the way Read it there →
Published · 2/5
Filmi’s reading 45
40
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 15 readings; 7 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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Soorarai Pottru: quick answers
Box office, where to watch and what critics said — from the same data as the page.
What is Soorarai Pottru's OTT release date?
Soorarai Pottru arrived on OTT on 12 Nov 2020 on Prime Video in India.
Where can I watch Soorarai Pottru?
Soorarai Pottru is streaming on OTT: Prime Video (India, the US, the UK and Canada) and MX Player (India). It can also be rented or bought on Amazon Video (India). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Soorarai Pottru?
Soorarai Pottru has a Filmi Score of 78 (Very good), the mean of 15 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 45 (The Indian Express) to 96 (Tried&Refused Productions). 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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