Bhuvanesh Chandar of The Hindu wrote, "Boat is excessively dialogue-heavy, made worse by the loud score drowning out any space for silence.Read at source
Boat 2024 
Synopsis
Boat
Boat is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language survival drama film written and directed by Chimbu Deven. The film stars Yogi Babu, and Gouri G. Kishan with M.
- Director
- Chimbu Deven
- Studio
- —
- Run time
- 125 min
- Language
- Tamil
Reviews
5 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Unfavorable
Critics' aggregate for Boat is 40/100 from Anusha Sundar (OTTplay) and Avinash Ramachandran (The Indian Express) and Roopa Radhakrishnan (The Times of India).
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 6 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Positive 2
Jayabhuvaneshwari B of The New Indian Express rated the film one-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "Boat promises a thrilling voyage but instead finds itself adrift in a sea of cliches.Read at source
Critical 3
Anusha Sundar of OTTplay gave it two out of five stars and wrote, "Boat feels underwhelming and heavy at the same time, simply because the film appears to be stuck in pretty much the same spot it began.Read at source
Avinash Ramachandran of The Indian Express rated the film two out of five stars and wrote that "Boat is filled with so many holes of ‘what-ifs’ and ‘could-haves’ that it has no way to go except down, and unfortunately, it does leaving no survivors."Read at source
Roopa Radhakrishnan of The Times of India gave it two out of five stars and wrote, "If your only goal in watching a film is to admire its imagery and ambition, then Boat might be an appropriate watch for you.Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Soundtrack
- Soka Naanum Nikkiren Sudha Ragunathan
- Thakida Thadhimi Deva
- Vaada Vaa (Promo song) Gold Devaraj
Technical specs
- Run time
- 125 min
- Language
- Tamil
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Chimbu Deven
Trivia
- The narrative takes place on the night of 11 October 1943, when Japanese warplanes bombed the Madras province.
