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Badhaai Do review
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Filmi Score
Good
9 reviews
64
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Critics praise Rao and Pednekar's performances and the film's sensitive, frank handling of a lavender marriage, but most find it overlong and uneven, weighed down by heavy-handed humour and loose editing.
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Summary
Badhaai Do (2022, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 64 from 9 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Netflix in the US.
A gay cop and a lesbian teacher enter a sham marriage to pacify their families but find that relationships — both real and fake — aren't all that easy.
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 Harshavardhan Kulkarni · written by Harshavardhan Kulkarni & Akshat Ghildial & Suman Adhikary · music Hitesh Sonik & Amit Trivedi & Ankit Tiwari & Tanishk Bagchi & Khamosh Shah
Harshavardhan KulkarniWriter · Director
Akshat GhildialWriter
Suman AdhikaryWriter
Hitesh SonikMusic
Amit TrivediMusic
Ankit TiwariMusic
Tanishk BagchiMusic
Khamosh ShahMusic
Swapnil S. SonawaneCinematography
Kirti NakhwaEditing
Rajkummar RaoLead
Bhumi Pednekar
Seema Pahwa
Sheeba Chaddha
Nitesh Pandey
Loveleen Mishra
Chum Darang
Shashi Bhushan
Deepak Arora
Gulshan Devaiah
Priyanka Charan
Nidhi Bhati
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SoundAnish John
Production designLaxman Keluskar
CostumeRohit Chaturvedi
ChoreographyVijay Ganguly
LyricsVarun Grover · Vayu · Azeem Shirazi · Anvita Dutt · Anurag Bhumia
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Summary
A gay cop and a lesbian teacher enter a sham marriage to pacify their families but find that relationships — both real and fake — aren't all that easy.
Badhaai Do (2022, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 64 from 9 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/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
9 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 9 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Saibal Chatterjee · 11 Feb 2022
<i>Badhaai Do</i> Review: The Acting By Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar And Ensemble Is Extraordinarily Effective Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 86
70
Rachana Dubey · 10 Feb 2022
Badhaai Do Review: A complete family entertainer that also bravely addresses a social issue Read it there →
Published · 4.0/5
Filmi’s reading 82
80
Prathyush Parasuraman · 11 Feb 2022
Badhaai Do movie review: Bhumi Pednekar, Rajkummar Rao in a refreshing addition to the increasingly sanitised queer genre Read it there →
Published · 4/5
Filmi’s reading 80
80
Monika Rawal Kukreja · 11 Feb 2022
Kukreja praises Rao and Pednekar's performances and the film's mature, sensitive handling of a lavender marriage as a positive step for mainstream… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
76
Stutee Ghosh · 11 Feb 2022
Ghosh finds Badhaai Do overlong and predictable, with its trailer giving away too much and stereotype-driven humour, but credits Pednekar and… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
55
Sanjana Jadhav · 11 Feb 2022
Badhaai Do Review: Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar shine light on realities but not without cringe-worthy jokes Read it there →
Published · 3/5
Filmi’s reading 54
60
Shubhra Gupta · 11 Feb 2022
Badhaai Do review: Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar film hides its core under layers of humour Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 48
50
Umesh Punwani · 11 Feb 2022
Badhaai Do Movie Review: RajKummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar Are Shining Stars In An Otherwise Bland Sky! Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 45
50
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 9 readings; 7 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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Badhaai Do: quick answers
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Where can I watch Badhaai Do?
Badhaai Do 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 Badhaai Do?
Badhaai Do has a Filmi Score of 64 (Good), the mean of 9 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 45 (Koimoi) to 86 (NDTV). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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