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Summary
Varisu (2023, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 54 from 8 critic reviews, is rated 10+ by Filmi (CBFC: U), and streams on Prime Video in the US.
Vijay, The prodigal son of business tycoon Rajendran agrees to take over the reins of the business, much to the chagrin of his brothers. But can Vijay prove himself to be a worthy varisu and also reunite his now-broken family?
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 Vamshi Paidipally · written by Vamshi Paidipally & Vivek & Ahishor Solomon & Hari · music S. Thaman
Vamshi PaidipallyDirector · Writer
VivekWriter
Ahishor SolomonWriter
HariWriter
S. ThamanMusic
Kharthik PalaniCinematography
Praveen K. L.Editing
VijayLead
R. Sarathkumar
Jayasudha
Srikanth
Shaam
Prakash Raj
Rashmika Mandanna
Sangeetha Krish
Prabhu
Yogi Babu
Ganesh Venkatraman
Samyuktha Karthik
Full crew
Production designVaishnavi Reddy · T. Sunil Babu
CostumeDeepali Noor · Trushala Nayak
ChoreographyShobi Paulraj · Raju Sundaram
LyricsVivek
ActionLakshman Chella · Ram Chella
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Summary
Vijay, The prodigal son of business tycoon Rajendran agrees to take over the reins of the business, much to the chagrin of his brothers. But can Vijay prove himself to be a worthy varisu and also reunite his now-broken family?
Varisu (2023, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 54 from 8 critic reviews, is rated 10+ 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
8 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 8 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Likhith · YouTube, Kannada · transcript read · 12 Jan 2023
Likhith calls Varisu a routine, over-familiar family drama redeemed by Vijay's screen presence and strong production values, but faults thin… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
68
Haricharan Pudipeddi · 11 Jan 2023
Haricharan Pudipeddi calls Varisu predictable and formulaic, arguing it works only because Vijay's comic, effortless performance carries an… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
66
Varun · YouTube, Kannada · transcript read · 23 Feb 2023
Varun describes Varisu as a routine, family-oriented commercial entertainer with strong visuals and music but a story lacking freshness, closing… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
60
Prathyush Parasuraman · YouTube · transcript read · 11 Jan 2023
Parasuraman reads Varisu as a joyous but over-reverent star vehicle: Vijay's charisma and the film's family-versus-liberation themes land, but the… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
50
Yogi · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 16 Jan 2023
2.5/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 45
50
Vivek M.V. · 11 Jan 2023
'Varisu' movie review: The '90s melodrama we didn't ask for Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 33
50
YouTube · transcript read · 11 Jan 2023
Sucharita finds Varisu a hollow, formulaic star vehicle with lazy plotting and cartoonishly dumb supporting characters, redeemed only by its songs… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
30
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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Varisu: quick answers
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Where can I watch Varisu?
Varisu is streaming on OTT: Prime Video (India, the US, the UK and Canada), Sun NXT (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 Varisu?
Varisu has a Filmi Score of 54 (Good), the mean of 8 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 30 (Sucharita Tyagi) to 76 (Behindwoods). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
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