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
Metro... in Dino
Drama, Romance, Comedy (Hindi)
A mixed bag that veers between being delightful and drab
Fri, July 4 2025
| Director: | Anurag Basu |
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| Cast: | Anupam Kher, Neena Gupta, Pankaj Tripathi, Konkona Sen Sharma, Aditya Roy Kapur, Sara Ali Khan, Ali Fazal, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Saswata Chatterjee, Veerendra Saxena |
Maa
Horror (Hindi)
Promising Premise, Faltering Execution
Fri, June 27 2025
| Director: | Vishal Furia |
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| Cast: | Kajol, Ronit Roy, Indraneil Sengupta, Jitin Gulati, Kherin Sharma, Gopal Singh, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Aashit Chatterjee, Vibha Rani, Yaaneea Bhardwaj |
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
| Director: | R. S. Prasanna |
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| Cast: | Aamir Khan, Genelia D'Souza, Karim Hajee, Krishiv Jindal, Amit Varma, Aroush Datta, Gopi Krishna Varma, Samvit Desai, Vedant Sharma, Ayush Bhansali |
Thudarum
Drama (Malayalam)
Works because it's essentially Mohanlal creating his own subgenre
Thu, June 12 2025
| Director: | Tharun Moorthy |
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| Cast: | Mohanlal, Shobana, Prakash Varma, Maniyanpilla Raju, Farhaan Faasil, Binu Pappu, Arsha Baiju, Irshad, Thomas Mathew, Krishna Prabha |
| Writer: | Tharun Moorthy, KR Sunil |
Stolen
Drama, Thriller (Hindi)
Explores the collision between two Indias - rich and poor, rural and urban, privileged and powerless
Fri, June 6 2025
| Director: | Karan Tejpal |
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| Cast: | Abhishek Banerjee, Shubham, Mia Maelzer, Sahidur Rahaman, Harish Khanna |
| Writer: | Karan Tejpal, Gaurav Dhingra |
Thug Life
Action, Crime, Drama (Tamil)
A film with sparks that blaze momentarily but never ignite into a glorious fire
Thu, June 5 2025
| Director: | Mani Ratnam |
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| Cast: | Kamal Haasan, Silambarasan, Trisha Krishnan, Ashok Selvan, Abhirami, Nassar, Joju George, Ali Fazal, Mahesh Manjrekar, Sanjana Krishnamoorthy |
| Writer: | Mani Ratnam, Kamal Haasan |
Tourist Family
Comedy, Drama, Family (Tamil)
The film isn't subtle about its messaging and the button-pushing can be blunt, the abundant humanity and amiable characters make it hard to resist.
Thu, June 5 2025
| Director: | Abishan Jeevinth |
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| Cast: | M. Sasikumar, Simran, Mithun Jai Sankar, Kamalesh Jegan, Yogi Babu, Bagavathi Perumal, M. S. Bhaskar, Elango Kumaravel, Yogalakshmi, Ramesh Thilak |
| Writer: | Abishan Jeevinth |
| Director: | Neeraj Ghaywan |
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| Cast: | Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, Janhvi Kapoor |
Homebound
Drama (Hindi)
A Stunning Portrait of Systemic Cruelty and Defiant Courage
Thu, May 22 2025
The film is made with such precision, beauty, and emotion, built on strong writing (the screenplay is by Neeraj) and superb performances
The bonds between men constitute a sub-genre in Indian cinema. From Anand to Sholay to Dil Chahta Hai to Pyaar Ka Punchnama, these friendships have beguiled generations of viewers. It is fitting that in the 50th anniversary year of Sholay, comes the story of two young men whose story follows familiar beats — deep, abiding affection, a fracture in the friendship, tragedy. And yet, Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound is unlike most of these films that have gone before. Because the two men belong to marginalised communities; one is Muslim and the other Dalit. And because the story leads into the pandemic. By the end, I was a weeping mess.
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