A critic from Bollywood Hungama rated the film 3/5 stars and wrote "Apurva is a well-made gripping thriller."Read at source
Apurva 2023 
Synopsis
Apurva
Apurva is a source-listed 2023 Hindi film with release and production metadata captured from Wikipedia.
- Director
- Nikhil Nagesh Bhat
- Release
- 15 Nov 2023
- Studio
- Star Studios, Disney+ Hotstar
- Run time
- 95 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
5 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Unfavorable
Critics' aggregate for Apurva is 49/100 from Bollywood Hungama and Dhaval Roy (Times of India) and Rotten Tomatoes.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 7 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Watch points
- writing
Positive 4
Dhaval Roy of Times of India rated the film 3.5/5 and wrote, "If your are looking for a movie that thrills, shocks and makes you hold your breath, this one's definitely for you as it ticks these boxes.Read at source
Hindustan Times's Prannay Pathak wrote, "Despite the unappetising lingering over the lead character’s body and the gratuitous violence punctuating the goings-on, Apurva never scares you or makes your skin crawl".Read at source
Writing for The Indian Express, Alaka Sahani wrote "had the makers of Apurva not harboured the ambition of being gritty and realistic, this probably would have come close to being a ‘slasher’ movie".Read at source
Critical 1
In a scathing review for Film Companion, Rahul Desai reviewed, "Apurva is predictable, tasteless and frighteningly dull, ticking genre boxes because they're cool and not because there's a story to be told".Read at source
Media & trailers
Verified video records attached to this title.
Details
Soundtrack
- Diwali Vishal Mishra
- Hai Khuda Vishal Mishra
- Tujhse Pyaar Hai Vishal Mishra
Technical specs
- Release date
- 15 Nov 2023
- Run time
- 95 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Nikhil Nagesh Bhat
- Studio
- Star Studios, Disney+ Hotstar
Trivia
- The title role was originally offered to Kiara Advani, who rejected it due to career risk concerns.
- Principal photography for the film commenced in October 2022 and wrapped in December 2022.
- The film's music was composed by Vishal Mishra with lyrics by Mishra and Kaushal Kishore.
- Apurva garnered 4,800,000 views in its initial week, securing the fourth position among most-watched Indian content on streaming platforms.
- The film was released on Disney+ Hotstar on 15 November 2023.
Tags
Hindi Cinema2023Hindi FilmReleasedHindiFeature Film Soundtrack
