Bollywood Hungama rated it 3/5 stars and said that "TOASTER is a quirky entertainer that benefits greatly from its unusual plot and Rajkummar Rao’s thoroughly enjoyable performance.Read at source
Toaster 2026 
Synopsis
Toaster
Toaster is a 2026 Hindi black comedy thriller released on Netflix. Directed by Vivek Daschaudary and produced by Rajkummar Rao, Patralekhaa, and Tarun Bali, the film follows a stingy man whose obsession with reclaiming a gifted toaster pulls him into a chain of mishaps.
- Director
- Vivek Daschaudary
- Release
- 15 Apr 2026
- Studio
- Kampa Films
- Run time
- 126 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
8 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Mixed
Critics' aggregate for Toaster is 50/100 from 6 scored critic/publication reviews.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 8 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- direction
Watch points
- writing
Positive 6
Devesh Sharma of Filmfare gave 4 stars out of 5 and writes that "Toaster marks a confident debut for director Vivek Daschaudhary and producers Patralekhaa and Rao.Read at source
Kartik Bhardwaj of Cinema Express said that "Toaster had the potential to be a quirky, crazy ride but it gets derailed quite soon.Read at source
Lachmi Deb Roy of Firstpost rated it 3/5 stars and observed that "Netflix ‘Toaster’ Movie Review: Rajkummar Rao and Sanya Malhotra’s film is refreshing, but the script thins out towards the end."Read at source
Rahul Desai of The Hollywood Reporter India stated that it is a "Hindi movie with a sense of humour."Read at source
Vineeta Kumar of India Today rated it 3/5 stars and observed that "Toaster looks even better when you realise that dark comedies are not forgiving.Read at source
Critical 2
Hardika Gupta of NDTV gave 1 star out of 5 and said that "It feels like a film that had all the right ingredients but forgot the recipe."Read at source
Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave 1 star out of 5 and writes that "For a film like this to work, you need zippy writing, full of smart gags.Read at source
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Details
Technical specs
- Release date
- 15 Apr 2026
- Run time
- 126 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Vivek Daschaudary
- Studio
- Kampa Films
- Distributor
- Netflix
Trivia
- Patralekhaa made her debut as a film producer with this project, choosing to focus on the production side rather than acting.
- Sonakshi Sinha was initially cast as the female lead but was replaced by Sanya Malhotra before filming began.
- Archana Puran Singh fractured her right wrist during filming but completed her scenes with the injury concealed on screen.
- Abhishek Banerjee accepted his cameo role specifically at Rajkummar Rao's request due to their longstanding working relationship.
- The film was announced on 22 May 2024, with principal photography completed shortly before the Netflix announcement on 3 February 2025.
Tags
NetflixBlack ComedyRajkummar RaoSanya MalhotraStreaming ReleaseHindi Cinema2026Hindi FilmReleasedHindi
