Gustaakh Ishq 2025 Gustaakh Ishq

Feature Film · 2025 · Hindi · Romance

Gustaakh Ishq

★★★★★ ★★★★★ 3.0 Mixed 3 Indian-media reviews
128 min 24 Nov 2025
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Synopsis

Gustaakh Ishq

Gustaakh Ishq: Kuch Pehle Jaisa (transl. Audacious Love: Something Like Before) is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Vibhu Puri and produced by Stage5 Productions. The film stars Naseeruddin Shah, Vijay Varma, Fatima Sana Shaikh, and Sharib Hashmi. The film marks the debut of fashion designer Manish Malhotra as a film producer. The film is set in the 1990s and follows a young poet's efforts to revive his father's printing press, but in doing so falls for his mentor’s daughter, forcing him to choose between love and loyalty.

Director
Vibhu Puri
Release
24 Nov 2025
Studio
Stage 5 Productions
Run time
128 min
Language
Hindi

Reviews

5 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.

Critics' consensus

Mixed

Critics' aggregate for Gustaakh Ishq is 60/100 from Shubhra Gupta (Indian Express) and Smita Srivastav (Dainik Jagran) and Syed Firdaus Ashraf (Rediff.com).

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Common praise

  • writing

Positive 4

Rediff.com Syed Firdaus Ashraf
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0
Syed Firdaus Ashraf of Rediff.com gave 4 stars out of 5 and said that "Gustaakh Ishq feels like a cinematic revival of everything we once loved about Urdu story-telling."
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Critical 1

Indian Express Shubhra Gupta
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 2.0
Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express gave 2 out of 5 stars saying, "Gustakh Ishk is kind of film that is set in 1990s but looks more from 60s or 70s.
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Media & trailers

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Details

Soundtrack

  • Ul Jalool Ishq Shilpa Rao, Papon
  • Aap Iss Dhoop Mein Arijit Singh
  • Sheher Tere Jazim Sharma, Himani Kapoor
  • Chal Musafir Armaan Malik
  • Hum Fanaa Javed Ali, Parvez Babblu

Technical specs

Release date
24 Nov 2025
Run time
128 min
Language
Hindi
Country
IN
Director
Vibhu Puri
Studio
Stage 5 Productions
Distributor
PVR Inox Pictures

Trivia

  • The film marks the debut of fashion designer Manish Malhotra as a film producer.
  • The film was shot in and around the city of Amritsar and Delhi.
  • This is the first feature film of Vijay Varma in five years to release on the big screen.
  • The film premiered at the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa on 24 November 2025.
  • The film collected ₹2.29 crore worldwide at the box office.

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