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Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai review
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Filmi Score
Mixed
11 reviews
44
What the critics say
Audience Score · not yet · appears once three readers have written a review
Critics largely agree the film is ambitious, philosophically rich and well performed but undone by careless, inconsistent AI-generated visuals and a slow, overstuffed screenplay that leaves it more a head movie than a heart movie.
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Summary
Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai (2026, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 44 from 11 critic reviews.
Caught between family duty and romantic love, a young man faces an impossible choice.
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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Box office collection
₹$≈ at ₹88/$, as of 26 Oct 2026
₹1.91 CrWorldwide gross in 22 days
India gross₹1.91 Cr
Overseas gross₹0.00 Cr
As of 26 Oct 2026 · Sacnilk · still running
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Cast & crew
Directed and written by Ram · music Yuvan Shankar Raja
Cast
Full crew
Production designUmesh J Kumar
CostumeChandrakant Sonawane
ChoreographySandy
LyricsMadhan Karky · Mathi Pugazhenthi
ActionStunt Silva
MakeupPattanam Rashid
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Summary
Caught between family duty and romantic love, a young man faces an impossible choice.
Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai (2026, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 44 from 11 critic reviews.
Where to watch
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What the critics said
11 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 11 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Vishal Menon · 1 Oct 2026
Vishal Menon calls the film visually uneven, with jarring AI-generated imagery, but philosophically rich and distinctly Ram's own. He concludes… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
Unni Narayanan · YouTube, Malayalam · transcript read · 1 Oct 2026
Unni calls it an engaging, thought-provoking watch with strong characterisation and a nostalgic, old-Tamil-cinema feel, though the AI-generated… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
65
M Suganth · 1 Oct 2026
Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai Movie Review: Ram's Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai is a fascinating idea, but a frustrating film Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 62
50
1 Oct 2026
The review praises the film's philosophical ambition, committed performances and striking cinematography but faults its slow pace, repetitive… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
52
Baradwaj Rangan ✓ Claimed · 1 Oct 2026
Baradwaj Rangan reads the film as a dense, structurally fascinating nested fable about compassion, heavy-handed yet heartfelt. He finds it… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
50
Avinash Ramachandran · 1 Oct 2026
Avinash Ramachandran finds a promising fairy tale about eternal love undercut by indulgent detours, subpar AI-aided visuals and an overstuffed… Read it there →
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35
Bhuvanesh Chandar · 1 Oct 2026
Bhuvanesh Chandar is frustrated by extensive, lazy-looking AI visuals undercutting what could have been a unique chamber drama about compassion.… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
32
Sreeju Sudhakaran · 3 Oct 2026
Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai Review: Muddled Fantasy Read it there →
Published · 2/5
Filmi’s reading 32
40
Riya Ashok Madayi · 2 Oct 2026
Riya Ashok Madayi finds the film's ideas about immortality and love buried under an incoherent screenplay, awkward performances and distracting AI… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
30
Anandu Suresh · 1 Oct 2026
Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai review: Nivin Pauly, Soori’s film is a messy, AI-overloaded affair Read it there →
Published · 1.5/5
Filmi’s reading 28
30
Janani K · 1 Oct 2026
Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai review: Ram's philosophical tale is a brutal patience test Read it there →
Published · 1.5/5
Filmi’s reading 18
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 11 readings; 4 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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Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai: quick answers
Box office, where to watch and what critics said — from the same data as the page.
What is Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai's box office collection?
Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai has a box office collection of ₹1.91 Cr worldwide (gross), made up of ₹1.91 Cr India gross and ₹0.00 Cr overseas gross. Figures are Sacnilk's, as of 26 Oct 2026, day 22 and still running. Grosses are contested in India, and money never feeds the Filmi Score.
How much has Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai collected at the box office?
Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai has collected ₹1.91 Cr worldwide in 22 days, as of 26 Oct 2026, according to Sacnilk.
Where can I watch Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai?
Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai is not on any OTT service we track in India, the US, the UK or Canada right now. Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai?
Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai has a Filmi Score of 44 (Mixed), the mean of 11 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 18 (India Today) to 78 (The Hollywood Reporter India). 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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Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai · official trailer
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