Anuj Kumar of The Hindu wrote "While the intentions are right and some of the fight sequences are impactful, the storytelling technique has an amateurish streak that demands too much suspension of disbelief from the audience."Read at source
Lakadbaggha 2023 
Synopsis
Lakadbaggha
Lakadbaggha (transl. Hyena) is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Victor Mukherjee, written by Alok Sharma and produced by First Ray Films. It stars Anshuman Jha, Riddhi Dogra, Paresh Pahuja and Milind Soman.
- Director
- Victor Mukherjee
- Release
- 13 Jan 2023
- Studio
- First Ray Films
- Run time
- 125 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
5 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Unfavorable
Critics' aggregate for Lakadbaggha is 43/100 from Archika Khurana (The Times of India) and Deepa Gahlot (Rediff) and Yatamanyu Narain (CNN-News18).
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 6 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Positive 3
Sameer Salunkhe of The Telegraph wrote "Anshuman Jha-starrer Lakadbaggha is a comic book-style action movie with a dash of romance."Read at source
Yatamanyu Narain of CNN-News18 gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Despite some flaws, Lakadbaggha will entertain you with its scrupulousness, an out-of-the-ordinary plot and top-notch performances."Read at source
Critical 2
Archika Khurana of The Times of India gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Overall, 'Lakadbaggha' had a lot of potential, but its mediocre execution reduced it to a barely passable film."Read at source
Deepa Gahlot of Rediff gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "Lakadbaggha takes up too many issues and does not do justice to them".Read at source
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Details
Technical specs
- Release date
- 13 Jan 2023
- Run time
- 125 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Victor Mukherjee
- Studio
- First Ray Films
Trivia
- Anshuman Jha received the Best Actor award at the HBO South Asian International Film Festival for his portrayal of the animal lover vigilante.
- The film had its world premiere on 21 December 2022 at the Kolkata International Film Festival.
- Milind Soman plays the role of Tarun Bakshi, who is Arjun's father in the film.
- Denzil Smith made a guest appearance in the movie.
- The film was released on 13 January 2023 and had its European premiere at the 20th Indisches International Film Festival in Stuttgart, Germany.
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