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Movie Info

A young married entrepreneur finds herself in a locked hotel room next to the body of her dead lover. Hoping to find answers, she hires a prestigious lawyer to help her solve the mystery of what really happened.

Genre:

mystery & thriller
Original Language:

Hindi
Director:

Sujoy Ghosh
Producer:

Gauri Khan, Sunir Kheterpal, Akshai Puri
Writer:

Sujoy Ghosh
Release Date (Theaters):

Mar 8, 2019 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Apr 24, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA):

$1.9M
Runtime:

2h 1m
Production Co:

Red Chillies Entertainment, Universal Entertainment
Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio:

Scope (2.35:1)

Cast & Crew

Amitabh Bachchan
Lawyer

Taapsee Pannu
Naina

Antonio Aakeel
Sunny Singh Toor

Tony Luke
Arjun Joseph

Denzil Smith
Detective Sondhi

Tanveer Ghani
Nirmal

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Critic Reviews for Badla

All Critics (15) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (6)

If revenge is a dish best served cold, this one isn't icy enough.

April 3, 2019 | Full Review…

Udita Jhunjhunwala
Livemint
Nothing is what it seems and there are many turns, but the film isn't as clever as it thinks it is.

March 11, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Anupama Chopra
Film Companion
Badla, an official remake of a Spanish murder mystery, pulls off a mostly-gripping whodunit, something Bollywood rarely manages.

March 11, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Shubhra Gupta
The Indian Express
The big reveal gets painfully crummy, its central contrivance utterly implausible. In fact, the entire chain of events is hard to believe in and leaves you asking questions aplenty.

March 8, 2019 | Full Review…

Namrata Joshi
The Hindu
Badla is a return to form for the acclaimed director of Kahaani who delivers another arresting mystery thriller involving missing bodies and murder.

April 5, 2019 | Full Review…

Musanna Ahmed
Film Inquiry
Ghosh builds a solid case against the assumption of innocence that we often grant women accused of heinous crimes. If only Badla lived up to its intent.

March 11, 2019 | Full Review…

Poulomi Das
Arré
Badla is a mystery thriller that is being sold as a tense watch, but in all honesty, the suspense is tepid.

March 11, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Kumar Shyam
The National (UAE)
The gender swap allows for a meaty role for Amrita Singh, who deftly plays a key character, and her presence, along with that of Tony Luke, work strongly in the movie's favour and helps it along its pretzel-shaped journey.

March 8, 2019 | Full Review…

Nandini Ramnath
Scroll.in
While the climax doesn't knock you off your feet, you will still enjoy the blow-by-blow account of how things escalated to a murder and a cover-up.

March 8, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Manjusha Radhakrishnan
Gulf News (UAE)
Badla remains forcibly consistent to this oeuvre of maternal rage. Only, it focuses on the other side of the kahaani, which is why you can see the strings and the puppeteers running the show.

March 8, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Rahul Desai
Film Companion
The end result is a satisfying whodunnit which, while certainly not brilliant, is suspenseful enough and occasionally eerie enough, especially when outdoors, to be entertaining while it lasts.

March 8, 2019 | Rating: 2.75/5 | Full Review…

Anna M.M. Vetticad
Firstpost
In short, Badla is a true-blue mystery thriller.

March 8, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Devesh Sharma
Filmfare