Dhaval Roy of Times of India rated it 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Despatch is effective in its depiction of crime journalism and explores the value of information that can save or end lives.Read at source
Despatch 2024 
Synopsis
Despatch
Despatch is an Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed by Kanu Behl. The film is produced by Ronnie Screwvala under RSVP Movies and it stars Manoj Bajpayee and Shahana Goswami in lead roles. Despatch was released on 13 December 2024 on ZEE5, and received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. It was showcased as a special presentation at the International Film Festival of India and the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival.
- Director
- Kanu Behl
- Release
- 13 Dec 2024
- Studio
- RSVP Movies, ZEE5
- Run time
- 151 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
2 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Mixed
Critics' aggregate for Despatch is 65/100 from Dhaval Roy (Times of India) and Subhash K Jha (Times Now).
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 3 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Positive 2
Subhash K Jha of Times Now rated 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Despatch is a film that commands our uninterrupted attention and eventually, our respect for being what it is."Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Technical specs
- Release date
- 13 Dec 2024
- Run time
- 151 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Kanu Behl
- Studio
- RSVP Movies, ZEE5
- Distributor
- ZEE5
Trivia
- The film was produced by Ronnie Screwvala under RSVP Movies and stars Manoj Bajpayee and Shahana Goswami in lead roles.
- Despatch was released on 13 December 2024 on the streaming platform ZEE5.
- The project began in 2016 following extensive research into crime journalism and the Mumbai underworld.
- Director Kanu Behl co-wrote the screenplay with Ishani Banerjee and previously directed critically acclaimed works such as Titli and Agra.
- The official teaser was released in November 2022, while the trailer was released on 3 December 2024.
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