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Filmi Score
Very good
8 reviews
73
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Reviews love this sharp, inventive mockumentary and the fearless performances from Anil Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap playing themselves, though several say the final twist is weak and the pacing drags.
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Summary
AK vs AK (2020, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 73 from 8 critic reviews, is rated 18+ by Filmi (CBFC: A), and streams on Netflix in the US.
After a public spat with a movie star, a disgraced director retaliates by kidnapping the actor's daughter, filming the search for her in real-time.
Where to watchAvailability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.
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Cast & crew
Cast
Directed by Vikramaditya Motwane · written by Avinash Sampath & Anurag Kashyap · music Alokananda Dasgupta
Vikramaditya MotwaneDirector
Avinash SampathWriter
Anurag KashyapWriter
Alokananda DasguptaMusic
Swapnil S. SonawaneCinematography
Bunty BhansaliEditing
Anil KapoorLead
Anurag Kashyap
Sonam Kapoor Ahuja
Harshvardhan Kapoor
Boney Kapoor
Sucharita Tyagi
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Yogita Bihani
Pawan Kumar Singh
Raghav Aggarwal
Sakshi Benipuri
Manoj Mani Mathew
Full crew
SoundJustin Jose · Ateesh Chattopadhyay
Production designAditya Kanwar · Prachi Deshpande
LyricsKaam Bhaari
ActionVikram Dahiya
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Summary
After a public spat with a movie star, a disgraced director retaliates by kidnapping the actor's daughter, filming the search for her in real-time.
AK vs AK (2020, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 73 from 8 critic reviews, is rated 18+ by Filmi (CBFC: A), and streams on Netflix in the US.
Where to watch
Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.What the critics said
8 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 8 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Saibal Chatterjee · 24 Dec 2020
AK Vs AK Review: Anil Kapoor-Anurag Kashyap Film Is Hindi Cinema's Halley's Comet Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 92
70
Rahul Desai · 24 Dec 2020
Treats the film as a masterclass in cultural commentary disguised as a narrative gimmick, praising its craft and political undercurrent, with a… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
82
Mike McCahill · 24 Dec 2020
Praises the film as a sharp, unrelenting provocation that reworks Bollywood postmodernism, noting only that it is inside-baseball and sidelines… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
80
24 Dec 2020
3.5/5, stated in the text — not a formal rating. Read it there →
Stated in text
Filmi’s reading 78
70
Anupama Chopra · 24 Dec 2020
Calls the film a worthy experiment with unsettling insight into fame, but says it trips on its own cleverness and loses steam by the weak final… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
76
Roktim Rajpal · 25 Dec 2020
'AK vs AK' movie review: Anil Kapoor-starrer is not everyone's cup of tea Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 48
50
Rohan Naahar · 24 Dec 2020
Calls the film inventive but structurally unstable, praising a standout stage sequence but faulting the third act's contrivances and telegraphed… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
45
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 8 readings; 4 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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AK vs AK: quick answers
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What is AK vs AK's OTT release date?
AK vs AK arrived on OTT on 24 Dec 2020 on Netflix in India.
Where can I watch AK vs AK?
AK vs AK is streaming on OTT: Netflix (India, the US, the UK and Canada). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about AK vs AK?
AK vs AK has a Filmi Score of 73 (Very good), the mean of 8 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 45 (Hindustan Times) to 92 (NDTV). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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