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Filmi Score
Good
8 reviews
61
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What the critics say
Critics praise Thandel's love story, music and the performances of Naga Chaitanya and Sai Pallavi, but many say the Pakistan-jail track turns jingoistic and forced, with thin, uneven writing dragging it down.
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Summary
Thandel (2025, Telugu) has a Filmi Score of 61 from 8 critic reviews, is rated 13+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A 13+), and streams on Netflix in the US.
Fisherman Raju is deeply in love with Satya. However, at one point, she urges him to stop going to the sea and look for other jobs. Ignoring her plea, Raju ventures out and accidentally drifts into Pakistani waters, where he is arrested.
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Fisherman Raju is deeply in love with Satya. However, at one point, she urges him to stop going to the sea and look for other jobs. Ignoring her plea, Raju ventures out and accidentally drifts into Pakistani waters, where he is arrested.
Thandel (2025, Telugu) has a Filmi Score of 61 from 8 critic reviews, is rated 13+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A 13+), and streams on Netflix 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.
Deeksha Sharma · YouTube, Hindi · transcript read · 7 Mar 2025
The critic calls Thandel a rare, powerful love story built on a clever India-Pakistan angle, praising Sai Pallavi's performance and urging viewers… Watch it there →
Unni Narayanan · YouTube, Malayalam · transcript read · 8 Feb 2025
The critic finds Thandel's core love story and Sai Pallavi's performance strong, and praises DSP's music and visuals, but calls the jingoistic… Watch it there →
The critic praises Thandel's music and lead performances but faults inconsistent dubbing, dated narration, a weak Pakistan-jail portrayal, and… Watch it there →
The critic found the love-story chemistry and background score genuinely affecting, calling Naga Chaitanya's performance one of his career-best,… Watch it there →
The critic likes Thandel's music, cinematography and lead performances but says the writing is thin, the love story superficial, and the… Watch it there →
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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 8 readings; 3 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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Thandel: quick answers
Box office, where to watch and what critics said — from the same data as the page.
What is Thandel's box office collection?
Thandel has a box office collection of ₹88.89 Cr worldwide (gross), made up of ₹77.39 Cr India gross and ₹11.50 Cr overseas gross. Figures are Sacnilk's, as of 26 Aug 2026, day 53. Grosses are contested in India, and money never feeds the Filmi Score.
How much has Thandel collected at the box office?
Thandel has collected ₹88.89 Cr worldwide in 53 days, as of 26 Aug 2026, according to Sacnilk.
Where can I watch Thandel?
Thandel is streaming on OTT: Netflix (India, the US, the UK and Canada). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Thandel?
Thandel has a Filmi Score of 61 (Good), the mean of 8 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 40 (Review Corner) to 86 (Filmi Indian). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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