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2025 · Prime Video premiere · Hindi · 2h 09m · Drama, Music, Family · CBFC U/A 13+
Keep your shortlist together and see where it’s streaming
Filmi Score
Good
7 reviews
52
3 very good1 good3 weak
What the critics say
Critics agree Be Happy is formulaic and predictable, but most say child actor Inayat Verma's performance and her father-daughter chemistry with Abhishek Bachchan carry it, even as Fatehi's role and some comic tracks fall flat.
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Rishabh Suri says Be Happy is a predictable, saccharine tearjerker redeemed by a heartfelt father-daughter performance from Bachchan and Verma,… Read it there →
The critic calls Be Happy formulaic and superficial, skating over the emotional and narrative questions it raises, saved somewhat by Inayat… Read it there →
Angel Rani mocks Be Happy as a simplistic, over-commercialised dance showcase that collapses into soap-opera melodrama, saying the viewer has… Read it there →
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28
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 7 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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Be Happy: quick answers
Box office, where to watch and what critics said — from the same data as the page.
What is Be Happy's OTT release date?
Be Happy arrived on OTT on 14 Mar 2025 on Prime Video in India.
Where can I watch Be Happy?
Be Happy is streaming on OTT: Prime Video (India, the US, the UK and Canada). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Be Happy?
Be Happy has a Filmi Score of 52 (Good), the mean of 7 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 28 (Deccan Herald) to 76 (Hindustan Times). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
The Audience Score appears once three readers’ reviews have been read under the rubric — built from what people write, never from the rating numbers.
