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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

Saiyaara

Romance, Drama (Hindi)

An aching love story that dials the emotion high with a few weaker plot points

Sat, July 19 2025

Aap Jaisa Koi

Romance, Comedy (Hindi)

An unconventional love story between two very different personalities

Sat, July 12 2025

Aankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan

Drama, Romance (Hindi)

Attempts to recreate the magic of old-school romantic films but struggles with an implausible screenplay

Sat, July 12 2025

Kaalidhar Laapata

Comedy, Drama (Hindi)

The film offers hope and showcases the quiet power of second chances

Sat, July 5 2025

Metro... in Dino

Drama, Romance, Comedy (Hindi)

A mixed bag that veers between being delightful and drab

Fri, July 4 2025

Maa

Horror (Hindi)

Promising Premise, Faltering Execution

Fri, June 27 2025

Sitaare Zameen Par

Comedy, Drama (Hindi)

An "overdose of sweetness" that may nudge audiences to reconsider their definitions of normal, even if it lacks the soul-shattering finesse of the original "Taare Zameen Par."

Sat, June 21 2025

Thudarum

Drama (Malayalam)

Works because it's essentially Mohanlal creating his own subgenre

Thu, June 12 2025

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