Abhishek Srivastava of The Times of India rated the film 3.5/5 and cited, "This thought-provoking film reiterates that extremism has no positives."Read at source
72 Hoorain 2023 
Synopsis
72 Hoorain
72 Hoorain is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan. The film had a delayed theatrical release in India on July 7, 2023. It received mixed reviews and underwhelmed at the box office.
- Director
- Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan
- Release
- 7 Jul 2023
- Studio
- SaarthiE Entertainment, Aliens Pictures
- Run time
- 80 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
2 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Generally Positive
Critics' aggregate for 72 Hoorain is 70/100 from Abhishek Srivastava (The Times of India).
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 3 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Positive 2
Anuj Kumar of The Hindu wrote, "Nothing controversial about this cautionary tale.Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Technical specs
- Release date
- 7 Jul 2023
- Run time
- 80 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan
- Studio
- SaarthiE Entertainment, Aliens Pictures
Trivia
- The film premiered at the 50th IFFI 2019, where it received a standing ovation.
- It won the ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal-Special Mention for Best Film on peace and inter-cultural dialogue at the 50th International Film Festival of India.
- The film was released in English and 10 other Indian languages, including Assamese, Bengali, and Kashmiri.
- The Central Board of Film Certification issued an 'A' certification for the film on October 4, 2019.
- The film collected Rs. 0.35 crore on its opening day with an overall occupancy of 8.98%.
- Pavan Malhotra and Aamir Bashir played the roles of terrorists Hakim Ali and Bilal Ahmed, respectively.
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