3 critics on Akka: 1 mixed, 2 negative. Every verdict quoted, with ratings and links to the full reviews.
3 critics have reviewed Akka so far. By our reading of each review, 1 mixed, 2 negative. Below, every critic's verdict in their own words, with the rating where they gave one and a link to the full review.
Critics at a glance
Koimoi: 2 stars
"A women-run gangland is a great hook. The series just doesn’t know what to do with it. It could have been a sharp study of power, but it turns into a relentless slaughterhouse"
Also: "Keerthy Suresh and Radhika Apte are too good for this, and the audience deserved a smarter series about women in power rather than one where they simply slaughter each other"
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Cinema Express
"This is a show brimming with ambitious world-building ideas, interesting themes weaved all over a generic plot, and that occasional sense of palpable doom that threatens to rise above the narrative’s bigger failures"
Also: "occupying the centrestage as Bhavani, a commanding patriarch who slowly sees her world crumble while mustering courage to win it back, Keerthy Suresh brings an intensity to her part like very few can"
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The Free Press Journal: 2 stars
"Think of Akka as a never-ending rollercoaster. It just spins round and round and round"
Also: "it is hands down Tanvi Azmi as Muthakka who is exceptional. Wish her role was longer"
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Updated 30 October 2026. CutMirchi does not review films itself: this page gathers published critics' reviews, quoted word for word and linked, and is updated as more arrive. "Verdict" is our one-word reading of each review; ratings are as each outlet printed them.
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