Badla
Seen it?2019 | 120 min | Crime, Thriller
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office flop, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime fans and anyone who likes to be kept guessing.
- The mood
- Tense, gritty.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 2 hr.
- What might put you off
- It's in Hindi, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
A dynamic young entrepreneur finds herself locked in a hotel room with the corpse of her dead lover. She hires a prestigious lawyer to defend her and they work together to figure out what actually happened.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
60% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesSolid
7.3 out of 10
- AwardsBelow par
1 win and 9 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; interest faded quickly after launch
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 242K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Sujoy Ghosh
- Amitabh BachchanBadal Gupta
- Taapsee PannuNaina Sethi
- Tony LukeArjun Joseph
- Amrita SinghRani Kaur
- Manav KaulJimmy Panjabi
- Tanveer GhaniNirmal
- Denzil SmithDetective Sodhi
- Mark MansfieldTV Reporter
- April Agarwal-AplinSanna Sethi
- Rachel FlynnRachael Joseph