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Chhichhore review
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Filmi Score
Good
12 reviews
57
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Reviewers mostly agree the hostel-days flashbacks are the warm, funny heart of Chhichhore, carried by its ensemble cast, but many call the present-day frame contrived, the reunion aging makeup unconvincing, and the message overstated.
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Summary
Chhichhore (2019, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 57 from 12 critic reviews, is rated 13+ by Filmi (CBFC: U), and streams on Hulu in the US.
Following a group of friends from university as they progress into middle-age life and go their own separate ways.
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 Nitesh Tiwari · written by Nitesh Tiwari & Piyush Gupta & Nikhil Mehrotra · music Pritam Chakraborty
Nitesh TiwariDirector · Writer
Piyush GuptaWriter
Nikhil MehrotraWriter
Pritam ChakrabortyMusic
Amalendu ChaudharyCinematography
Charu Shree RoyEditing
Sushant Singh RajputLead
Shraddha Kapoor
Tahir Raj Bhasin
Varun Sharma
Naveen Polishetty
Tushar Pandey
Saharsh Kumar Shukla
Prateik Smita Patil
Mohammad Samad
Nalneesh Neel
Ranjan Raj
Shishir Sharma
Full crew
SoundShajith Koyeri · Sanjay Kurian
Production designLaxmi Keluskar
ChoreographyCaesar Gonsalves · Bosco Martis
LyricsAmitabh Bhattacharya
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Summary
Following a group of friends from university as they progress into middle-age life and go their own separate ways.
Chhichhore (2019, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 57 from 12 critic reviews, is rated 13+ by Filmi (CBFC: U), and streams on Hulu 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.Not streaming yet
What the critics said
12 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 12 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Monika Rawal Kukreja · 6 Sep 2019
Kukreja praises Chhichhore's writing, humour and nostalgia despite Rajput's unconvincing aging and Kapoor's underwritten role, calling it a… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
82
Anmol Jamwal · YouTube · transcript read · 6 Sep 2019
Anmol Jamwal calls Chhichhore an emotionally engaging, funny college drama with strong dialogue and ensemble performances, undercut by… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
Sreeparna Sengupta · 6 Sep 2019
Chhichhore Review {3.5/5}: High on friendship Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 78
70
Pandey calls Chhichhore a heartfelt nostalgia trip carried by sharp writing and standout supporting performances, despite a draggy first half, an… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
Sukanya Verma · 6 Sep 2019
The Chhichhore Review Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 76
70
Vibha Maru · 6 Sep 2019
Chhichhore Movie Review: Sushant Singh Rajput and Shraddha Kapoor film is no 3 Idiots Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 62
50
Nandini Ramnath · 6 Sep 2019
‘Chhichhore’ movie review: Furious fun as long as it stays on the college campus Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5.0
Filmi’s reading 42
50
Arnab Banerjee · 8 Sep 2019
Banerjee finds Chhichhore mostly clichéd and emotionally unconvincing, crediting only some decent supporting performances as its saving grace amid… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
33
Rachel Saltz · 8 Sep 2019
Saltz finds Chhichhore's embrace-failure message blandly sweet and its central father a standard-issue stiff, saying Tiwari's visual fluidity and… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
32
Anna MM Vetticad · 6 Sep 2019
Chhichhore movie review: Sushant Singh Rajput ages, Shraddha Kapoor does not in a hotch-potch with a 3 Idiots hangover Read it there →
Published · 1.75/5
Filmi’s reading 30
35
Shalini Langer · 6 Sep 2019
Chhichhore movie review: A disappointing fare Read it there →
Published · 1.5/5
Filmi’s reading 28
30
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 12 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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Chhichhore: quick answers
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Where can I watch Chhichhore?
Chhichhore is streaming on OTT: Vi Movies and TV (India), JioHotstar (India) and Hulu (the US). It can also be rented or bought on Apple TV (the US, the UK and Canada), Google Play Movies (the US) and YouTube (the US, the UK and Canada). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Chhichhore?
Chhichhore has a Filmi Score of 57 (Good), the mean of 12 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 28 (The Indian Express) to 82 (Hindustan Times). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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