Namrata Joshi of ScreenDaily wrote in review that in the film "...the characters are developed well and have complexity to them, and the terrific ensemble cast elevates the film; particularly Bose, Agarwal and Roy...".Read at source
Agra 2023
Synopsis
Agra
Agra is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language erotic psychological drama film co-written and directed by Kanu Behl. It features debutant Mohit Agarwal, Priyanka Bose, Rahul Roy, Adhiraj Sharma, Devas Dikshit, Ruhani Sharma, Vibha Chibber, Sonal Jha, and Aanchal Goswami in pivotal roles. The film follows Guru, a young single call center employee who still lives with his parents. Consumed by frustration, he plunges into a fever bordering on insanity, between pathetic fantasies, dating apps and hysterical self-harm.
- Director
- Kanu Behl
- Release
- 24 May 2023
- Studio
- Saregama, UFO Moviez
- Run time
- 132 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
2 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Universal Acclaim
Critics' aggregate for Agra is 87/100 from Rotten Tomatoes.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 4 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Positive 2
Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave a positive review and described it as "a triumphal return to Cannes".Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Technical specs
- Release date
- 24 May 2023
- Run time
- 132 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Kanu Behl
- Studio
- Saregama, UFO Moviez
- Distributor
- Les Films de l'Atalante
Trivia
- The film features debutant Mohit Agarwal in the pivotal role of Guru alongside established actors Priyanka Bose and Rahul Roy.
- Agra was filmed on location in Agra during June and July 2019.
- The movie premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight on 24 May 2023, where it received a five-minute standing ovation.
- At the 2023 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, the film won the Best Indie Film award and Best Performance in Film (male) for Mohit Agarwal.
- The film won the Special Jury Prize at the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2023.
- Agra was theatrically released in India on 14 November 2025 after being held up for five months during post-production due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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