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Filmi Score
Good
8 reviews
58
What the critics say
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Critics mostly rate Bholaa's action, VFX and performances from Ajay Devgn, Tabu and Deepak Dobriyal highly, but call it an overstuffed, loud remake of Kaithi hurt by a deafening score, toothless villains and thin story.
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Summary
Bholaa (2023, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 58 from 8 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Prime Video in the US.
An ex-convict must undertake a perilous, violent journey in order to meet his daughter after ten years of imprisonment.
Where to watchAvailability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.
Box office collection
₹$≈ at ₹88/$, as of 26 Oct 2026
₹123.00 CrWorldwide gross in 57 days
India gross₹108.00 Cr
Overseas gross₹15.00 Cr
As of 5 Sep 2023 · Sacnilk
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Cast & crew
Cast
Directed by Ajay Devgn · written by Sandeep Kewlani & Aamil Keyan Khan & Ankush Singh & Sriidhar Rajyash Dubey · music Ravi Basrur
Ajay DevgnDirector
Sandeep KewlaniWriter
Aamil Keyan KhanWriter
Ankush SinghWriter
Sriidhar Rajyash DubeyWriter
Ravi BasrurMusic
Aseem BajajCinematography
Dharmendra SharmaEditing
Ajay DevgnLead
Tabu
Deepak Dobriyal
Amala Paul
Sanjay Mishra
Gajraj Rao
Vineet Kumar
Tarun Gahlot
Abhishek Bachchan
Kiran Kumar
Lokesh Mittal
Raai Laxmi
Full crew
Production designSriram Kannan Iyengar · Sujeet Subhash Sawant
CostumeRadhika Mehra · Divya D'Souza · Navin Shetty
ChoreographyGanesh Acharya
LyricsIrshad Kamil
VFXIntekhab Mahmood · Sohel K. Shaikh · Yatin Bhave
ActionR.P. Yadav · Ramazan Bulut
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Summary
An ex-convict must undertake a perilous, violent journey in order to meet his daughter after ten years of imprisonment.
Bholaa (2023, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 58 from 8 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Prime Video 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
Yogi · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 30 Mar 2023
3.5/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 70
70
Deeksha Sharma · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 30 Mar 2023
3/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 62
60
Monika Rawal Kukreja · 30 Mar 2023
Monika Rawal Kukreja calls Bholaa an exhilarating, VFX-heavy mass entertainer with strong performances, but says the story is sidelined, many… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
62
Umesh Punwani · 30 Mar 2023
Bholaa Movie Review: Ajay Devgn Retells Lokesh Kanagaraj’s Story In The Most Histrionic Way Possible Read it there →
Published · 3/5
Filmi’s reading 62
60
Anmol Jamwal · YouTube · transcript read · 30 Mar 2023
Anmol Jamwal finds Bholaa technically accomplished but hollow next to Kaithi — action is inconsistent, the villains lack real menace, the… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
48
Anupama Chopra · YouTube · transcript read · 30 Mar 2023
Anupama Chopra finds Bholaa an overstuffed, cranked-to-11 remake of Kaithi, praising Ajay Devgn's star presence, a strong brief turn from Tabu,… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
48
YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 30 Mar 2023
2.5/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 30
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 8 readings; 5 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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Bholaa: quick answers
Box office, where to watch and what critics said — from the same data as the page.
What is Bholaa's box office collection?
Bholaa has a box office collection of ₹123.00 Cr worldwide (gross), made up of ₹108.00 Cr India gross and ₹15.00 Cr overseas gross. Figures are Sacnilk's, as of 5 Sep 2023, day 57. Grosses are contested in India, and money never feeds the Filmi Score.
How much has Bholaa collected at the box office?
Bholaa has collected ₹123.00 Cr worldwide in 57 days, as of 5 Sep 2023, according to Sacnilk.
Where can I watch Bholaa?
Bholaa is streaming on OTT: Prime Video (India, the US, the UK and Canada) and MX Player (India). It can also be rented or bought on Amazon Video (India). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Bholaa?
Bholaa has a Filmi Score of 58 (Good), the mean of 8 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 30 (Suraj Kumar) to 78 (Bollywood Hungama). 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.
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