A critic from Bollywood Hungama rated the film 3/5 stars and wrote "Kho Gaye Hum Kahan's strength lies in its performances, memorable moments and most importantly, depiction of the reality of today's social media era.Read at source
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan 2023 
Synopsis
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (transl. Where Have We Lost Ourselves?) is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age buddy drama film directed by Arjun Varain Singh, in his directorial debut. Written by Singh, Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani, Akhtar, Kagti, and Farhan Akhtar under the banners of Excel Entertainment and Tiger Baby Films, the film stars Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Panday, and Adarsh Gourav as three friends who navigate their goals and relationships against the pressures of social media. Kalki Koechlin, Anya Singh and Rohan Gurbaxani appear in supporting roles.
- Director
- Arjun Varain Singh
- Release
- 26 Dec 2023
- Studio
- Reliance Entertainment, Excel Entertainment, Tiger Baby Films, Netflix
- Run time
- 135 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
5 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Generally Positive
Critics' aggregate for Kho Gaye Hum Kahan is 70/100 from Bollywood Hungama 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
In her review for Hindustan Times, Monika Rawal Kukreja also praised the film stating "Kho Gaye Hum Kahan packages as a coming-of-age tale in a simplistic yet impactful manner".Read at source
Rahul Desai of Film Companion found that the film "reflects the mental frame-rate of the digital generation".Read at source
Writing for Rediff, Sukanya Verma gave the film three and half stars and praised the film's examination of "what it's like to share a gehri dosti in the digital age even as the photos grow shallower by the day".Read at source
In a negative review for The Hindu, Shilajit Mitra wrote that "debutant director Arjun Varain Singh and co-writers Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti present a half-baked critique of social media and influencer culture in this superficial drama about three best friends in Mumbai".Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Soundtrack
- Hone Do Jo Hota Hai Savera, Lothika Jha
- I Wanna See You Dance Saba Azad
- Teri Yeh Baatein Savera
- Baahon Mein Teri Ankur Tewari
- Ishq Nachaawe Rashmeet Kaur, Yashraj
- Kho Gaye Hum Kahan Achint Thakkar
Technical specs
- Release date
- 26 Dec 2023
- Run time
- 135 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Arjun Varain Singh
- Studio
- Reliance Entertainment, Excel Entertainment, Tiger Baby Films, Netflix
- Distributor
- Netflix
- Certificate
- TV-14
Trivia
- The film marks director Arjun Varain Singh's directorial debut.
- Principal photography began on 20 March 2022 and was wrapped up on 12 October 2022.
- The film was released on Netflix on 26 December 2023.
- At the 2024 Filmfare OTT Awards, the film received 13 nominations and won 4 awards.
- The film marks the second collaboration between actors Ananya Panday and Siddhant Chaturvedi after their film Gehraiyaan (2022).
Tags
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