
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
Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos
Comedy, Action, Romance (Hindi)
A welcome change from both gritty spy thrillers and glamorous globe-trotting ones
Sat, January 17 2026
Laalo
Family, Drama (Gujarati)
While the film draws from Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life' and Vikramaditya Motwane's 'Trapped', it ultimately delivers a universal message about living with grace and generosity.
Sat, January 10 2026
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
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