Abhishek Srivastava of The Times of India gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "IB71 is an engaging watch that sheds light on a remarkable chapter of history, instilling a sense of pride in our intelligence network.Read at source
IB71 2023 
Synopsis
IB71
IB71 is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language spy thriller film based on the 1971 Indian Airlines hijacking, written and directed by Sankalp Reddy. It stars Vidyut Jammwal, Vishal Jethwa and Faizan Khan, alongside Anupam Kher, Ashwath Bhatt, Danny Sura and Suvrat Joshi. IB71 is Jammwal's first film as a producer and was released on 12 May 2023 to mixed reviews from critics.
- Director
- Sankalp Reddy
- Release
- 12 May 2023
- Studio
- T-Series Films, Reliance Entertainment
- Run time
- 117 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
7 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Unfavorable
Critics' aggregate for IB71 is 47/100 from 7 scored critic/publication reviews including Rotten Tomatoes.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 9 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Positive 5
Monika Rawal Kukreja of Hindustan Times wrote "Aditya Shastri's story is intriguing and holds a lot of potential to keep you hooked.Read at source
Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "IB71 leaves one with the nagging feeling that it could have been a much better film has the writing been a less of the by-the-numbers kind.Read at source
Shaheen Irani of OTTplay gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "IB 71 is a good deal if you want an entertaining weekend watch.Read at source
Zinia Bandyopadhyay of India Today gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Vidyut Jammwal's IB 71, which is based on true events, is an account of what happened during the Indo-Pak War of 1971.Read at source
Critical 2
Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "This Vidyut Jammwal film IB71 claims to have been cobbled together from actual events, but the execution is both simplistic-comic-book and convoluted."Read at source
Vinamra Mathur of Firstpost gave 2.25 out of 5 stars and wrote "Vidyut Jammwal gives his brawn a rest and lets his brain do the talking in this mildly engrossing but otherwise trite thriller."Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Soundtrack
- Vijayi Bhava Shadaab Faridi
Technical specs
- Release date
- 12 May 2023
- Run time
- 117 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Sankalp Reddy
- Studio
- T-Series Films, Reliance Entertainment
- Budget
- ₹25 crore
- Distributor
- Reliance Entertainment, Action Hero Films Distribution, PVR Pictures, Phars Film
Trivia
- IB71 is Vidyut Jammwal's first film as a producer.
- Principal photography for the film began in January 2022 in Mumbai.
- Anupam Kher joined the shoot in March 2022.
- The film was theatrically released on 12 May 2023.
- The film premiered on Disney+ Hotstar from 7 July 2023.
- As of 29 June, the film collected ₹29.19 crore (US$3.0 million).
Tags
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