Outlook India

by Aishani Biswas

Babita Singh Reporting has the right questions, a terrific lead performance and a director worth watching. It just does not find a sufficiently fresh or satisfying way to answer them.

by Aishani Biswas

Gandhari had the scope to tell a difficult story about child trafficking, poverty and institutional failure. Instead, it turns a devastating reality into a melodramatic thriller filled with convenient plotting and unbelievable twists.

by Debanjan Dhar

There’s the unique terror of a certain Friday release. It’s the inevitable, thoroughly unwanted re-emergence of a ‘90s Bollywood comedy, rehashed with zero concessions for today’s temper.

by Debanjan Dhar

The adaptation risks being overly polite and sedate to the point of unevocative. The level-headed competence also renders it antithetical to stylistic risk.

by Aishani Biswas

Supported by brilliant writing, confident direction and exceptional performances from Kay Kay Menon, Archana Puran Singh, Deven Bhojani, Naveen Kasturia, Abhimanyu Singh, Prasanna Bisht and the immensely talented young cast, this is one of the year's finest Indian series.

by Sakshi Salil Chavan

His performance is gripping, theatrical and precise—grounding the story’s shifting psychological contours.

by Aishani Biswas

But it struggles to come through beneath the predictable conflicts, heavy-handed symbolism and male-centred writing.

by Debanjan Dhar

It's a great pity then Mohandas' voice gets sanded under the crushing, loud antics of this blood-soaked saga around men, guns and guilt.

by Debarati Gupta

Debarati Gupta of Outlook reviewed the film and wrote "Ideated by Suman Mukhopadhyay, the film stirs thoughts that wander beyond Manik Bandyopadhyay’s original story, yet stay faithful to its essence." She praised the slow simmering cinematography that captures the natural elements in a rustic background, multiple memorable frames, the editing, acting mettle of every actor of the cast, the poetic tune maintained throughout the film and the poignant metaphorical end.