Every review we read
Scores normalised to 0–100. A 3/5 shows as 60. Each row links to where it came from when we have the link.
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 80
80
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 78
70
Chopra finds the film slyly funny yet deeply melancholic, praising Bachchan, Khurrana and Farrukh Jaffar, but notes a slow, meandering first half…
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Derived by Filmi
78
The critic weighs an inconsistent lisp and a deliberately slow pace against Bachchan's career-best turn, strong Lucknow atmosphere and…
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Derived by Filmi
76
Gulabo Sitabo Movie Review: A well-crafted satire that evokes a riot of emotions
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Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 76
70
Published · 3/5
Filmi’s reading 48
60
Rangan finds the film's curated moodiness tonally mismatched with thin characters and forced quirkiness, concluding the build-up isn't worth the…
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34
McCahill calls the film an idiosyncratic misfire where Sircar's usual naturalism turns strained, both stars reduced to prosthetics and mannerism,…
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Derived by Filmi
27
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; 4 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2, computed 7 Sep 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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Synopsis
Set in present-day Lucknow, Gulabo Sitabo is a social satire about two impossibly peculiar human beings, Mirza Chunnan Nawab, who stays in a dilapidated mansion and one of the tenants, Bankey Rastogi.