Phillauri

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Movie Info

Born under an unlucky star, Kanan is told he must marry a tree before he can wed his childhood sweetheart, as the ritual will cleanse him of his bad luck. Grudgingly, he agrees. To his shock, he finds himself being trailed by an unearthly spirit known as Shashi, who used to live in the tree. The bewildered spirit now finds herself trapped in the human realm, and Kanan must help her return to her own realm.

Genre:

romance, fantasy
Original Language:

Hindi
Director:

Anshai Lal
Producer:

Anushka Sharma, Karnesh Sharma
Writer:

Anvita Dutt
Release Date (Theaters):

Mar 24, 2017 limited
Box Office (Gross USA):

$459.4K
Runtime:

2h 18m
Production Co:

Clean Slate Films, Fox Star Studios
Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio:

Scope (2.35:1)

Cast & Crew

Anushka Sharma
Shashi

Diljit Dosanjh
Phillauri

Suraj Sharma
Kanan

Mehreen Pirzada
Anu

Anshai Lal
Director

Anvita Dutt
Screenwriter

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Critic Reviews for Phillauri

All Critics (11) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (7)

It's all pleasant enough, but falls short of being as genuinely different as Clean Slate claims its films to be.

March 30, 2017 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

Anisha Jhaveri
indieWire
"Phillauri" is a Bollywood movie toggling between a contemporary screwball rom-com and a sweeping historical love story. Balancing both proves to be challenging.

March 26, 2017 | Full Review…

Andy Webster
New York Times
What we're left with eventually is the sound and the undying spirit of a hybrid fairytale, just not the consistency of one.

February 5, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Rahul Desai
Film Companion
With his body language and voice modulation, Suraj Sharma nails the confused-aimless millennial and lightens the mood. Mehreen Pirzada's helpless and hopelessly-in-love Anu is endearing.

March 27, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Nihit Bhave
The Times of India
Phillauri is truly a fun film. For romance enthusiasts, this movies got everything. For the casual movie goer, it's got the right amount of humour.

October 27, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Rachit Gupta
Filmfare
You know what's coming long before it plays out and that makes it tedious and soul-destroying.

September 5, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Manjusha Radhakrishnan
Gulf News (UAE)
The two timelines and the characters seem worlds apart, and the tenuous thread that holds them together seems to snap much before the 137-minute narrative ends.

June 6, 2017 | Full Review…

Shilpa Jamkhandikar
Reuters
Phillauri has potential, and it has the audience's goodwill, and yet, the film manages to delight only in fragmented parts.

March 29, 2017 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Sonali Kokra
The National (UAE)
At 127 minutes, Phillauri doesn't simply have enough to go on. Lal, working on a screenplay by Anvita Dutt, lets several scenes roll on several indulgent minutes in order to reserve his punch for the twist-laden climax.

March 24, 2017 | Full Review…

Nandini Ramnath
Scroll.in
As satire, it's pretty on point. Unfortunately, there's a full-blown romance rolled in that goes from briefly interesting to really dull and much too long.

March 24, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Sarit Ray
Hindustan Times
Despite a fresh idea, Phillauri is a loosely-written film that fails to engross the audience.

March 24, 2017 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Sweta Kaushal
Hindustan Times