Aishwarya Vasudevan of OTT Play also rated this film 2.5/5 stars and said that "Detective Sherdil banks on Diljit Dosanjh’s charm but delivers a predictable mystery with meme-style humour, stellar casting, and an underwhelming plot that lacks suspense and surprise."Read at source
Detective Sherdil 2025 
Synopsis
Detective Sherdil
Detective Sherdil is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language mystery comedy film directed by Ravi Chhabriya, and produced by Himanshu Kishan Mehra, Ali Abbas Zafar, Rohini Singh, and Manmeet Singh under Offiside Entertainment, Maurya Entertainment, and AAZ Films. A ZEE5 original, the films features Diljit Dosanjh in the titular role, alongside Diana Penty, Boman Irani, Ratna Pathak Shah, Chunky Panday, and Banita Sandhu. The story follows Sherdil as he investigates the mysterious murder of an Indian-origin telecom tycoon in Budapest. The film was released on ZEE5 on 20 June 2025.
- Director
- Ravi Chhabriya
- Release
- 20 Jun 2025
- Studio
- ZEE5
- Run time
- 106 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
9 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Unfavorable
Critics' aggregate for Detective Sherdil is 42/100 from 6 scored critic/publication reviews.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 9 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Watch points
- performances
Positive 6
Amogh Ravindra of Deccan Herald said that Diljit Dosanjh plays the titular character, a quirky sleuth with charm and wit.Read at source
Devesh Sharma of Filmfare rated 2.5/5 stars and said that "Sherdil is a mishmash of themes.Read at source
Rahul Desai of The Hollywood Reporter India said that "The pulpy detective drama wastes the screen presence and comic timing of Diljit Dosanjh".Read at source
Ronak Kotecha of The Times of India gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and said that "‘Detective Sherdil’ tries to be a clever caper but ends up being just a colourful distraction.Read at source
Shilajit Mitra of The Hindu described it as "Another ‘Knives Out’-like, this is a convoluted murder mystery with an unremarkable lead turn by Diljit Dosanjh."Read at source
Critical 3
Shreyas Pande of Cinema Express gave 2 stars out of 5 and said that "the film wants to be slick and quirky but doesn’t go beyond surface-level embellishments".Read at source
Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave 1.5 stars out of five and described it as "There are enough adept actors in this ensemble, led by Diljit Dosanjh, for us to expect an engaging whodunit.Read at source
Vineeta Kumar of India Today also rated 1.5/5 stars and said that "'Detective Sherdil' plays out like a long episode of 'Crime Patrol' - just less thrilling.Read at source
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Details
Technical specs
- Release date
- 20 Jun 2025
- Run time
- 106 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Ravi Chhabriya
- Studio
- ZEE5
- Distributor
- ZEE5
Trivia
- The film was released as a ZEE5 original on 20 June 2025.
- The entire film was shot in Budapest, Hungary.
- The movie was produced by Himanshu Kishan Mehra, Ali Abbas Zafar, Rohini Singh, and Manmeet Singh under Offside Entertainment, Maurya Entertainment, and AAZ Films.
- Diljit Dosanjh stars in the titular role of Detective Sherdil alongside Diana Penty, Boman Irani, and Ratna Pathak Shah.
- The film was directed and edited by Ravi Chhabriya, who co-wrote the story with Ali Abbas Zafar and Sagar Bajaj.
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