Once Upon a Time in Kochi is a 2024 Indian Malayalam language comedy film written by Raffi[2] and directed by Nadirshah[3] featuring Arjun Ashokan,[4] Devika Sanjay, Mubin Rafi, Shine Tom Chacko, Johny Antony and Baiju Santhosh as the lead characters.

"[9] Arjun Ramachandran of The South First gave it two-and-a-half out of five stars and noted that "Director Nadirshah's latest outing lacks the soul and elements needed for commercial cinema and offers nothing new.

"[10] Vignesh Madhu of The New Indian Express gave it one out of five stars and wrote, "First things first, it seems like the makers were unsure of how to treat the film.

The film being unintentionally funny throughout, it would have been more effective as a full-fledged dark comedy.

"[11] S. R. Praveen of The Hindu wrote, "Once Upon a Time in Kochi is a rather forgettable attempt at creating a ‘comedy thriller’ given how none of its attempts at being funny or thrilling manage to work.