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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

Toaster

Comedy (Hindi)

Gleefully goofy morality tale

Fri, April 17 2026

Bhooth Bangla

Horror, Comedy (Hindi)

Exhausting and dispiriting

Fri, April 17 2026

Jab Khuli Kitaab

Comedy, Drama, Family (Hindi)

Big-hearted core: We are all bigger than our biggest mistake

Sat, March 7 2026

Subedaar

Action, Crime, Drama (Hindi)

Trips over an overlong screenplay without much new to say

Sat, March 7 2026

Accused

Thriller, Mystery, Drama (Hindi)

Consistently shies away from real discomfort

Fri, February 27 2026

O'Romeo

Crime, Drama, Action (Hindi)

Derails halfway through and never finds its way back

Sat, February 14 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

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FCG Rating for the film Bhooth Bangla: 35/100
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FCG Rating for the film Toaster: 47/100
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FCG Rating for the film Nukkad Naatak: 60/100
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