Abhimanyu Mathur of DNA India rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and praised the performances and score but termed some of the action scenes as "over-the-top and unbelievable".Read at source
Pathaan 2023 
Synopsis
Pathaan
Pathaan is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan in the titular role, alongside Deepika Padukone, John Abraham, Dimple Kapadia, and Ashutosh Rana. It is the fourth installment in the YRF Spy Universe and the first instalment in the universe to establish crossovers between characters from other universe films. The film follows an exiled RAW agent who works with an ISI agent to take down a former RAW agent turned rogue, who plans to attack India with a deadly lab-generated virus.
- Director
- Siddharth Anand
- Release
- 25 Jan 2023
- Studio
- Yash Raj Films
- Run time
- 146 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
10 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Generally Positive
Critics' aggregate for Pathaan is 73/100 from 12 scored critic/publication reviews including Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 13 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- performances
- pacing
- music
- visual craft
Positive 10
Devesh Sharma of Filmfare rated the film 4 out of 5 stars and called it a "visual spectacle" while also opining that the action choreography was "truly out of this world".Read at source
Pooja Biraia Jaiswal of The Week rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Pathaan is a dishoom-dishoom joy ride between Khan and his perfectly beefed-up antagonist Abraham.Read at source
Renuka Vyavahare of The Times of India rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Pathaan has all the ingredients of a masala potboiler - slow-motion entries, iconic battle of good versus bad and most importantly a sexy-smouldering Shah Rukh Khan, who can fight the good fight on and off the screen".Read at source
Ritika Handoo of Zee News rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and mentioned, "There is not even a single dull moment in this YRF actioner.Read at source
Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV rated the film 3.5 out of 5 and said, "Pathaan swings and strikes with all the style and aplomb in the world.Read at source
Sukanya Verma of Rediff gave the film a rating of 4 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Shah Rukh Khan's weathered intensity, grizzly charisma and trademark wit lends Pathaan's all-out, devil-may-care antics a sense of purpose that evades mindless acts of mayhem".Read at source
Tanisha Bagchi of The Quint gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5 and wrote, "If Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff's showdown in War kept you on the edge of your seats, Shah Rukh and John's fistfights and blows are nothing short of whistle-worthy".Read at source
Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film 4.5 out of 5 stars and termed the film a "complete entertainer replete with action, emotions, patriotism, humour, thrill, and of course, the star power of Shah Rukh Khan".Read at source
Tushar Joshi of India Today rated the film 3.5 out of 5 and stated, "Shah Rukh is the heart of Pathaan".Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Soundtrack
- Besharam Rang Shilpa Rao, Caralisa Monteiro
- Jhoome Jo Pathaan Arijit Singh, Sukriti Kakar
- Pathaan's Theme Magdalena Supel, Cassandra Cavalli
- Jim's Theme Maanya Narang, Riya Duggal
Technical specs
- Release date
- 25 Jan 2023
- Run time
- 146 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Siddharth Anand
- Studio
- Yash Raj Films
- Budget
- ₹250 crore
- Distributor
- ₹1,050.30–1,052.50 crore
Trivia
- Principal photography for the film commenced in November 2020 in Mumbai and included shooting in India, Afghanistan, Spain, UAE, Turkey, Russia, Italy, and France.
- The film was made on an estimated production budget of ₹250 crore (US$26 million).
- Pathaan was theatrically released in India on 25 January 2023, coinciding with the Republic Day weekend.
- The film grossed 1050.50 crore worldwide, becoming the ninth highest-grossing Indian film of all time.
- At the 69th Filmfare Awards, the film received 16 nominations and won Best Female Playback Singer for Shilpa Rao for the song 'Besharam Rang'.
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