Anuj Kumar of The Hindu reviewed the movie and highlighted "There is hardly any surprise element in writer-director Shome Makhija's straitjacketed adaptation of a Korean flick."Read at source
Blind 2023 
Synopsis
Blind
Blind is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Shome Makhija and produced by Sujoy Ghosh, Avishek Ghosh, Hyunwoo Thomas Kim, Sachin Nahar, Pinkesh Nahar and Manish W. The film features Sonam Kapoor in a leading role with Purab Kohli, Vinay Pathak and Lillete Dubey in supporting roles. Blind, a remake of the 2011 Korean film of the same name, centres around a blind police officer in search of a serial killer. The principal photography began on 28 December 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland and wrapped up on 13 February 2021. The film premiered on 7 July 2023 on JioCinema and was heavily panned by critics and audiences. It marks the last film role of Kapoor till date.
- Director
- Shome Makhija
- Release
- 7 Jul 2023
- Studio
- Kross Pictures, JioCinema
- Run time
- 124 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
10 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Unfavorable
Critics' aggregate for Blind is 42/100 from 6 scored critic/publication reviews.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 11 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Watch points
- performances
- writing
Positive 6
Chandhini R of Cinema Express reviewed the movie and said "Blind, with its potential and the advantage of drawing from the source material, had the opportunity to embrace a redemptive light.Read at source
Mayur Sanap of Rediff.com rated it 2.5 stars out of 5 and stated "Sadly, under debutant Shome Makhija's skimpy writing and direction, this Hindi remake falls considerably short to warrant a riveting watch."Read at source
Monika Rawal Kukreja of Hindustan Times reviewed the movie and stated "If you are a sucker for thrillers, watch Blind for you should know what a poorly executed thriller looks like."Read at source
Pratikshya Mishra of The Quint said "The makers don't seem to respect their protagonists enough to give them the intellect to fight their enemy; they're all so easily swayed and lured."Read at source
Titas Chowdhury of News18 rated 3 out of 5 stars and said "Blind isn't the spiffiest crime thriller.Read at source
Critical 4
Bollywood Hungama rated it 2 out of 5 and said "On the whole, BLIND rests on the performances and some thrilling moments.Read at source
Grace Cyril of India Today rated it 2 out of 5 stars and stated "Blind was supposed to be dark and full of jump scares, but you get none.Read at source
Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave it 2 out of 5 stars and said "The deeper ideas that the film touches upon are buried under the strictly generic nature of the narrative.Read at source
Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express rated it 1 out of 5 stars and said "This could have been a respectable thriller, but there is zero chill factor here."Read at source
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Details
Technical specs
- Release date
- 7 Jul 2023
- Run time
- 124 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Shome Makhija
- Studio
- Kross Pictures, JioCinema
- Distributor
- JioCinema
Trivia
- It marks the last film role of Sonam Kapoor till date.
Tags
Hindi Cinema2023Hindi FilmReleasedHindi
