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Anupama Chopra

The Hollywood Reporter India and Chairperson FCG

Anupama Chopra is a film critic, national award-winning book author and journalist. She is the editor of The Hollywood Reporter India, founder of Film Companion Studios and chairperson of the Film Critics Guild. She has covered cinema since 1993 in multiple mediums – print, television and digital. She has worked with India Today, NDTV 24x7, Star World. She has also written about cinema for various international publications including The New York Times and Sight and Sound. Anupama has authored several books, including King of Bollywood - Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema, which was featured on the Editor’s Choice list of the New York Times Sunday book review and translated into German, Indonesian and Polish. Anupama received an M.A. in journalism from Northwestern University.

All reviews by Anupama Chopra

Gustaakh Ishq

Romance, Drama (Hindi)

Screenplay flatlines early with unexplained loose ends

Sat, November 29 2025

Tere Ishk Mein

Romance, Drama, Action (Hindi)

Inanity disguised as profundity

Sat, November 29 2025

De De Pyaar De 2

Comedy, Romance (Hindi)

Despite the film's performative progressiveness about modern relationships, it's riddled with double standards

Fri, November 14 2025

Haq

Drama (Hindi)

Navigates delicate questions about faith, secular law, and gender relationships with sturdy storytelling

Fri, November 7 2025

Vash Level 2

Thriller, Horror (Gujarati)

A powerful commentary about women in the country

Fri, October 24 2025

Thamma

Comedy, Horror (Hindi)

Love's redemptive power and human violence needs much more wit and energy,

Tue, October 21 2025

Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari

Romance, Comedy (Hindi)

Paper-thin screenplay, predictable plotlines, and uninspired humor squander the star power on screen

Sat, October 4 2025

Kantara A Legend: Chapter 1

Action, Thriller (Kannada)

Rishab Shetty’s conviction and daring vision triumph

Sat, October 4 2025

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