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Filmi Score
Very good
10 reviews
70
What the critics say
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Critics widely praise Bulbbul's visuals, mood and performances as a feminist folklore tale, though several flag an underwritten or predictable screenplay that undercuts its mystery.
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Summary
Bulbbul (2020, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 70 from 10 critic reviews, is rated 16+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A 16+), and streams on Netflix in the US.
A child bride grows up to be an enigmatic woman presiding over her household, harboring a painful past as supernatural murders of men plague her village.
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
Directed and written by Anvita Dutt
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Triptii DimriLead
Avinash Tiwary
Rahul Bose
Parambrata Chatterjee
Paoli Dam
Ruchi Mahajan
Varun Buddhadev
Veera Kapur Ee
Sameer Deshpande
Subhasis Chakraborty
Vishwanath Chatterjee
Subhasish Ghosh
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Summary
A child bride grows up to be an enigmatic woman presiding over her household, harboring a painful past as supernatural murders of men plague her village.
Bulbbul (2020, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 70 from 10 critic reviews, is rated 16+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A 16+), 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
10 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 10 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Shubhra Gupta · 24 Jun 2020
Bulbbul movie review: A powerfully feminist, revisionist tale Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 85
70
Nairita Mukherjee · 24 Jun 2020
Mukherjee praises Bulbbul as a mesmerising, brave feminist commentary using a fairytale trap for the audience, highlighting the lead performances,… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
85
Baradwaj Rangan ✓ Claimed · 12 Jul 2020
Rangan reads Bulbbul as an emotionally rich, mysterious feminist fever-dream, praising the cast and craft, with only a passing wish that the… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
85
Namrata Joshi · 24 Jun 2020
Joshi finds Bulbbul a thoughtful, engaging mix of feudal gothic and feminist fable, singling out the performances and its handling of romance and… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
84
Deeksha Sharma · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 24 Jun 2020
4/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 80
80
Suparna Sharma · 28 Jun 2020
3.5/5, stated in the text — not a formal rating. Read it there →
Stated in text
Filmi’s reading 78
70
Priyanka Roy · 24 Jun 2020
The critic admires Bulbbul's visuals, score and performances and calls it a credible, atmospheric feminist fable, but flags a predictable twist,… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
65
Stutee Ghosh · 24 Jun 2020
3/5, stated in the text — not a formal rating. Read it there →
Stated in text
Filmi’s reading 62
60
Rohan Naahar · 24 Jun 2020
Naahar calls Bulbbul visually striking but underwritten, faulting its thin characters, telegraphed twists and questionably staged scenes of… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
45
Anmol Jamwal · YouTube · transcript read · 24 Jun 2020
Anmol praises Bulbbul's visuals, atmosphere and performances but finds the screenplay's linear reveal and underexplored mythology fatally undercut… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
32
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 10 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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Bulbbul: quick answers
Box office, where to watch and what critics said — from the same data as the page.
What is Bulbbul's OTT release date?
Bulbbul arrived on OTT on 24 Jun 2020 on Netflix in India.
Where can I watch Bulbbul?
Bulbbul 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 Bulbbul?
Bulbbul has a Filmi Score of 70 (Very good), the mean of 10 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 32 (Tried&Refused Productions) to 85 (The Indian Express). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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