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Pharma

Drama Family Malayalam


A young medical representative struggles against the pharma game, masters it and eventually fights against it.

Cast:Nivin Pauly, Veena Nandakumar, Rajit Kapoor, Narain, Shruti Ramachandran, Binu Pappu
Director:P. R. Arun
Writer:P. R. Arun
Editor:Sreejith Sarang
Camera:Abinandhan Ramanujam

Guild Reviews

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Nivin Pauly cures his recent slump with this OTT thriller

FCG Member Reviewer Janani K
Janani K | India Today
Sun, December 21 2025

Director PR Arun's web series Pharma, starring Nivin Pauly and Rajit Kapur, is a battle between a common man and a corporate giant. Set in the pharmaceutical world, the show is gripping despite minor shortcomings.

Nivin Pauly delivered the only and greatest comeback of the week. A character in the film calls him the Comeback King and by the end of the show, you realise why. Pharma, being his foray into the OTT space, brought back memories of the films that the actor nailed in the past. While the past few years have seen fewer films and fewer hits, it feels like a huge relief to see him having so much control over his craft in PR Arun’s Pharma. The eight-episode series, streaming on JioHotstar, is a delightful thriller, though with minor shortcomings.

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Earnest Nivin Pauly In A Medico-Thriller That Requires Patience

FCG Member Reviewer Vishal Menon
Vishal Menon | The Hollywood Reporter India
Fri, December 19 2025

As clunky as the making might seem, 'Pharma' works best as a fairly engaging second-screen experience.

There’s something about PR Arun’s Pharma that takes you back to the whistleblower dramas of the 90s. Although it’s set in the dubious world of pharma and the corrupt practices there in the late 2000s, it recalls films like The Firm and The Street Lawyer, both based on John Grisham novels, in the way it takes an insider’s efforts to redeem himself for a major corporation to be taught a lesson. The arc of Pharma too is familiar and predictable but through its lead actor Nivin Pauly, one can sense the earnestness with which the series was written, especially when it handles a subject that requires patience to understand. By placing this subject within the realm of an experimental drug meant to be consumed by pregnant women, the importance of its message outshines the way it tries to say it.

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