Dhaval Roy of The Times of India gave the film four stars out of five and wrote, "Joram is a grim story that you will remember for a very long time.Read at source
Joram 2023 
Synopsis
Joram
Joram is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language thriller film written and directed by Devashish Makhija and produced by Zee Studios with Makhijafilm. It stars Manoj Bajpayee, Tannishtha Chatterjee, and Smita Tambe.
- Director
- Devashish Makhija
- Release
- 8 Dec 2023
- Studio
- Zee Studios
- Run time
- 138 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
5 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Generally Positive
Critics' aggregate for Joram is 73/100 from Shubhra Gupta (The Indian Express) and Rotten Tomatoes.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 7 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- writing
Positive 5
Monika Rawal Kukreja of Hindustan Times said in her review that Joram will only appeal to a very specific demographic because, while being a compelling narrative about institutional imbalance and more, it never quite gains the velocity necessary to keep readers interested.Read at source
Phil Hoad of The Guardian gave the film four stars out of five, stating, "In this gritty thriller, director Devashish Makhija skillfully blends social satire with repressive realism to gradually build suspense as a parent struggles to outrun his oppressors".Read at source
Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV also gave it four stars and wrote, "Manoj Bajpayee keeps the disturbing movie grounded even if it leaves viewers in disbelief.Read at source
Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the production 2.5 stars out of five and said in her review that Bajpayee is effective, yet his register of hopelessness and horror is restricted.Read at source
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Details
Technical specs
- Release date
- 8 Dec 2023
- Run time
- 138 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Devashish Makhija
- Studio
- Zee Studios
Trivia
- Joram is the third collaboration between director Devashish Makhija and actor Manoj Bajpayee, following their previous works Taandav and Bhonsle.
- The film was theatrically released on 8 December 2023.
- Manoj Bajpayee plays the dual role of Dasru and Bala in the film.
- At the 69th Filmfare Awards, Joram won the award for Best Film (Critics).
- The movie received three Filmfare nominations, including Best Actor (Critics) for Bajpayee.
- On Rotten Tomatoes, 95% of 19 critics' reviews are positive with an average rating of 7.2/10.
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