EXAM Season 1
7 episodes · about 4 hours · complete season
Filmi Score · season 1
Good
9 reviews
61
16+
Series premise
A determined young woman with a mysterious past enters the dangerous world of the Regional Public Service Exam (RPSE) scam to expose a powerful paper-leak network. But as she digs deeper, she uncovers a corruption chain embedded deep within the education system-and must bring it down before it destroys the dreams of an entire generation.
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Season 12026 · 7 episodesGood · 9 reviews16+
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Cast & crew
Created byA. Sarkunam
CastDushara Vijayan
Aditi Balan
Abbas
Vasundhara Kashyap
Naren Mani
Vaazhai Janaki
Saravana Sakthi
Durai Sudhakar
Series premise
A determined young woman with a mysterious past enters the dangerous world of the Regional Public Service Exam (RPSE) scam to expose a powerful paper-leak network. But as she digs deeper, she uncovers a corruption chain embedded deep within the education system-and must bring it down before it destroys the dreams of an entire generation.
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.Family Room
Is EXAM season 1 OK for kids?
Parents should know
A woman impersonates a kidnapped police officer to expose a government exam-cheating network; a parent dies off-screen. Reviewers note no violence, language or sexual content — the focus is corruption and fairness.
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The record, item by item
Intense scenes · Mild · Reviewer on record
“A Deputy Superintendent of Police is kidnapped before she assumes her new posting” view the record →
Intense scenes · Mild · Reviewer on record
“A fisherwoman … meets death because of the slimy little thing” view the record →
Positive messages · Strong · Reviewer on record
“deny the underprivileged a fair chance” view the record →
Positive messages · Strong · Reviewer on record
“a poignant reminder of what is at stake” view the record →
What the critics said
9 reviews read · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Calls the series a gripping thriller that exposes the dark side of competitive-exam fraud, closing with an unqualified 'must watch for everyone,'… Read it there →
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Sruthi Ganapathy Raman · 15 May 2026
Raman calls Exam a taut, symbolically rich thriller anchored by Dushara Vijayan's performance, praising its handling of exam-scam corruption while… Read it there →
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16 May 2026
Praises the director's craft, cinematography and Dushara Vijayan's performance, but notes the series moves like a calm, slow stream and doesn't… Read it there →
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18 May 2026
Praises Dushara Vijayan and Abbas, the cinematography and the director's return to form, but flags the villain as underwritten, the central… Read it there →
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YouTube, Telugu · rating spoken aloud · 16 May 2026
3/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in videoFilmi’s reading 6560
YouTube, Tamil · transcript read · 20 May 2026
Finds the opening episodes engaging but says the DSP-impersonation premise is unconvincing, several threads are left undeveloped or too easily… Watch it there →
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Nandini Ramnath · 15 May 2026
Ramnath finds the impersonation premise a stretch but the exam-scam mechanics gripping and well-detailed; she faults the series as overstretched… Read it there →
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Anusha Sundar · 15 May 2026
The critic calls Exam a middling, promise-but-unfulfilled investigative drama: a gripping opening idea undercut by underdeveloped characters,… Read it there →
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Akshay Kumar · 15 May 2026
Kumar praises Exam's tense, informative early episodes on exam-scam corruption but says the writing meanders after the midpoint into convenient… Read it there →
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