Arpita Sarkar of OTTplay gave a positive review, rating it 4.5/5 and commending Siddiqui's natural acting and the film's enthralling narrative through the daughter's perspective, though she noted minor issues with plot execution.Read at source
Costao 2025 
Synopsis
Costao
Costao is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language biographical crime drama film directed by Sejal Shah. The film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Priya Bapat, Kishore, Hussain Dalal, and Mahika Sharma. It was written by Bhavesh Mandalia and Meghna Srivastava and produced by Vinod Bhanushali, Kamlesh Bhanushali, Bhavesh Mandalia, Sejal Shah, Shyam Sunder and Faizuddin Siddiqui.
- Director
- Sejal Shah
- Release
- 1 May 2025
- Studio
- ZEE5
- Run time
- 124 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
4 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Universal Acclaim
Critics' aggregate for Costao is 90/100 from Arpita Sarkar (OTTplay).
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 5 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- performances
- writing
Watch points
- writing
- pacing
Positive 3
Firstpost described the film as "a delightful movie" and commended Siddiqui's return to form, noting his "terrific performance" and the film's "beautifully restrained way of storytelling."Read at source
Pinkvilla called Costao "one of the rare Hindi OTT delights these days" and praised Nawazuddin Siddiqui for playing "a larger-than-life hero most realistically.Read at source
Critical 1
Ronak Kotecha from The Times of India gave a mixed review, stating that Siddiqui's brilliance was evident, but the sluggish pacing and weak script diminished the impact of the real-life story.Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Technical specs
- Release date
- 1 May 2025
- Run time
- 124 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Sejal Shah
- Studio
- ZEE5
- Distributor
- ZEE5
Trivia
- The film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Costao Fernandes, a Goa Customs officer in the 1990s.
- Costao was released on 1 May 2025 on the ZEE5 streaming platform.
- Filming took place on location in Goa with cinematography by Rafey Mehmood.
- The story is based on the true events surrounding a gold smuggling operation in 1990s Goa.
- The film was produced by Bhanushali Studios Limited and Bombay Fables Motion Pictures.
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