Single Salma

Comedy Family Hindi

A woman from Lucknow, India, who has dedicated her life to supporting her family, yet continues to be identified as single and “unsettled” due to remaining unmarried.

Cast:	Huma Qureshi, Shreyas Talpade, Sunny Singh, Eleanor Williams, Kanwaljit Singh, Navni Parihar, Prabhat Kumar Lahiri, Nidhi Singh, Lauren Gottlieb, Sharon Drain, Sunny Gill
Director:	Nachiket Samant
Writer:	Ravi Kumar, Amina Khan
Editor:	Abhishek Anand
Camera:	Andrew Boulter

Guild Reviews

Image of scene from the film Single Salma

A Surprisingly Effective Film That Finds Charm In Familiarity

Ishita Sengupta | Independent Film Critic writing for OTT Play

Sat, November 8 2025

Nachiket Samant's film subscribes to stereotypes without peddling them and perpetuates predictability without ruining them. This might sound easy, but maintaining such a balance is a feat.

Films centring on women are often tethered to an issue and conclude with a resolution. This is as much a roadmap as an outline; an overused detour and a rewarding shorthand. Nachiket Samant’s Single Salma ascribes to this with commitment. The protagonist, as the name suggests, is a single woman and her singlehood, as the first ten minutes hint, is the issue. She is 33, the eldest among the four siblings, and is drowning in responsibilities. As most stories like this go, by the end, Salma ought to have her life in control, deliver a spiel about being overlooked for being a girl, find love and find herself in the process. She does, and yet all of this feels novel.

कंगना की 'क्वीन' जैसी दमदार तो नहीं, पर असरदार जरूर है हुमा कुरैशी की फिल्‍म

Upma Singh | Navbharat Times

Sun, November 2 2025

हमारे समाज में लड़की तीस की हो जाए, तो घर-परिवार क्या, गांव-जवार, मुहल्ले-रिश्तेदार हर किसी को उसकी शादी की चिंता सताने लगती है। फुसफुसाहट तेज हो जाती है कि इतनी बड़ी उम्र की लड़की से कौन करेगा शादी? इसी रिलेटेबल विषय पर केंद्रित है, हुमा कुरैशी स्टारर फिल्म ‘सिंगल सलमा’, जो लड़कियों के अस्तित्व से जुड़े कई और मुद्दों को पुरजोर तरीके से उठाती है।