Toaster Movie Review Conclusion: On the whole, TOASTER is a quirky entertainer that benefits greatly from its unusual plot and Rajkummar Rao’s thoroughly enjoyable performance. Despite a weaker second half, the film has enough amusing moments and eccentricity to keep one invested. It is the kind of film that can find its audience and prove to be a success on OTT.Read at source
Unfavourable Film · 2026 · Hindi · Comedy
Toaster
Toaster
Ramakant (Rajkummar Rao) is a miserly perfume shop owner who lives with his wife, Shilpa (Sanya Malhotra). They are tenants of Mrs. D’Souza (Seema Pahwa), who lives in the same building with her son, Glen (Abhishek Banerjee). The couple attends a wedding and gifts the newlyweds a toaster worth ₹4,999; however, when the marriage is dissolved only a day later, Ramakant decides to reclaim the gift without telling Shilpa. He is informed that all wedding presents have already been donated to an orphanage. Nandini (Farah Khan), the head of the orphanage, refuses to return the toaster as it is already in use. That night, Ramakant’s attempt to steal it fails, but Glen successfully steals the device shortly after. The following day, the police arrive at Ramakant’s house after Nandini reports the theft and names him as the prime suspect. Meanwhile, Ramakant spots Glen carrying the toaster to a mall to meet a mysterious man. Shortly after, Mrs. D’Souza passes away. While visiting her home, Ramakant finds the toaster and attempts to take it, but a drunken Glen confronts him. During the ensuing scuffle, Glen accidentally falls from the balcony to his death. An elderly neighbour, Malini Pherwani (Archana Puran Singh), films the incident and uses the footage to blackmail Ramakant into a sexual relationship. Ramakant’s frequent nights away from home begin to strain his marriage with Shilpa. Desperate, Ramakant asks his perfume supplier, Guddu (Vinod Rawat), to intervene and deal with Malini.
- Director
- Vivek Daschaudary
- Release
- 15 Apr 2026
- Run time
- 126 min
- Language
- Hindi
Cast & crew
Reviews
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Unfavourable
Across 6 available source-linked Indian-media reviews for Toaster, reception is unfavourable. The scored review is 20/100.
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All in all, Toaster marks a confident debut for director Vivek Daschaudhary and producers Patralekhaa and Rao. It is a light-hearted comedy that pokes good-natured fun at people who are stingy with their money without ever hitting below the belt. The film is currently streaming on Netflix.Read at source
Toaster had the potential to be a quirky, crazy ride but it gets derailed quite soon.Read at source
For a film about extreme stinginess, Toaster is generous with the laughs. Vivek Daschaudhary's Hindi film, which is out on Netflix, is an enjoyably silly comedy filled with off-the-wall situations and some daringly outre elements.Read at source
Is nobody looking at the end product of a bunch of promising ideas, fronted by capable actors, which goes nowhere? For a film like this to work, you need zippy writing, full of smart gags. Here, so little lands that it’s deeply depressing: you are left scraping off burnt toast.Read at source
It is a classic setup for a comedy of chaos and the film delivers on the laughs while making some fairly straightforward choices in the screenplay. Through all the laughs and chaos however, there is little to stay invested in Ramakant.Read at source
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- Release date
- 15 Apr 2026
- Run time
- 126 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Vivek Daschaudary
- Distributor
- Netflix
Trivia
- Patralekha made her debut as a film producer with this project, choosing not to act in order to focus on the filmmaking process from the production side.
- Sonakshi Sinha was initially attached to play the female lead but was replaced by Sanya Malhotra before filming began.
- Archana Puran Singh suffered a fractured right wrist during production but completed her scenes in a manner that concealed the cast on screen.
- Abhishek Banerjee agreed to appear in a cameo role at Rajkummar Rao's request, continuing a longstanding working relationship between the two actors.
- The film was announced on 22 May 2024, with principal photography completed shortly before Netflix officially announced it on 3 February 2025.
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