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
Last Man in Tower
Drama (Hindi)
Sturdy storytelling that offers no new insight
Mon, September 14 2026
| Director: | Ben Rekhi |
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| Cast: | Manoj Bajpayee, Divya Dutta, Boman Irani, Sukant Goel, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Ujjwal Chopra, Swaroopa Ghosh, Uday Chandra, Madhuri Bhatia, Shrikant Yadav |
Haiwaan
Crime, Thriller (Hindi)
What was gripping and believable ten years ago now plays as far-fetched
Fri, September 11 2026
| Director: | Priyadarshan |
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| Cast: | Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Boman Irani, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Saiyami Kher, Rajpal Yadav, Sharib Hashmi, Rajesh Sharma, Manoj Joshi, Asrani |
Gandhari
Action, Drama, Thriller (Hindi)
Impossible to take seriously and a misfire for all concerned
Fri, September 4 2026
| Director: | Devashish Makhija |
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| Cast: | Taapsee Pannu, Ishwak Singh, Mita Vashisht, Swastika Mukherjee, Chhaya Kadam, Jatin Sarna, Prashant Narayanan, Chandan Roy, Vishwanath Chatterjee, Priti Shroff |
| Writer: | Kanika Dhillon |
Babita Singh Reporting
Crime, Drama (Hindi)
A tale told with verve and held together by a superb performance by Nimisha, one of the finest actors working today
Mon, August 31 2026
| Director: | Ambiecka Pandit |
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| Cast: | Nimisha Sajayan, Anshumaan Pushkar, Barun Sobti, Rajesh Kumar, Geetika Vidya, Muskan Arora, Priyanka Setia, Sunita Rajwar |
| Writer: | Amita Vyas |
Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups
Action, Crime, Drama (Kannada)
A fascinating mess
Thu, August 27 2026
| Director: | Geethu Mohandas |
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| Cast: | Yash, Nayanthara, Kiara Advani, Rukmini Vasanth, Huma Qureshi, Tara Sutaria, Sudev Nair, Akshay Oberoi, Balaji Manohar, Darrell D'Silva |
| Writer: | Geethu Mohandas, Yash |
Awarapan 2
Action, Drama, Romance (Hindi)
A strong hero and old tunes can only take you so far
Sun, August 16 2026
| Director: | Nitin Kakkar |
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| Cast: | Emraan Hashmi, Shabana Azmi, Disha Patani, Suvinder Vicky, Vijayant Kohli, Atul Kumar, Aniruddh Rawal, Shriya Saran, Puran Gabbi |
| Writer: | Balal Siddiqi |
Ohh My Dog
Drama, Family (Hindi)
A schmaltzy but well-meaning melodrama
Sat, August 8 2026
| Director: | Amit Rai |
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| Cast: | Shreedhar Dubey, Pankaj Tripathi, Rajesh Kumar, Pavan Malhotra, Geeta Agrawal Sharma, Jitendra Joshi, Bullu Kumar, Sulakshana Baruah |
| Writer: | Amit Rai |
DC
Romance, Action, Drama (Tamil)
An intriguing new take on the 109 year old Devdas story, steered at breakneck speed for the first hour
Sat, August 8 2026
| Director: | Arun Matheswaran |
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| Cast: | Lokesh Kanagaraj, Wamiqa Gabbi, Sanjana Krishnamoorthy, Sharath Ravi, Kobisan Chandrakumar, Avinash Raghudevan, Kasthoori Raja, Jawahar Sakthi |
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