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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

Accused

Thriller, Mystery, Drama (Hindi)

Consistently shies away from real discomfort

Fri, February 27 2026

Tu Yaa Main

Thriller, Romance, Adventure (Hindi)

Too lightweight to deliver real insight or genuine terror

Sat, February 14 2026

Primate

Horror, Thriller (English)

A deliciously simple premise

Sun, January 25 2026

Border 2

Action, Drama, War (Hindi)

The war scenes grow repetitive even as the emotional ones hit the high notes.

Sun, January 25 2026

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

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