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Filmi Score
Good
15 reviews
58
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Critics consistently praise Rani Mukerji's performance as the film's anchor, but most call Hichki predictable, cliched and melodramatic, with several singling out a cringeworthy slum-tourism sequence and thin class-politics commentary.
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Summary
Hichki (2018, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 58 from 15 critic reviews, is rated 8+ by Filmi (BBFC: PG), and streams on Netflix in the US.
After finally landing a teaching job, a kindhearted woman with Tourette Syndrome faces a flawed system to provide an education to her forgotten students.
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 Siddharth P. Malhotra · written by Siddharth P. Malhotra & Anckur Chaudhry & Ambar Hadap · music Hitesh Sonik
Siddharth P. MalhotraDirector · Writer
Anckur ChaudhryWriter
Ambar HadapWriter
Hitesh SonikMusic
Avinash ArunCinematography
Shweta Venkat MathewEditing
Rani MukerjiLead
Neeraj Kabi
Rohit Saraf
Sachin Pilgaonkar
Asif Basra
Jannat Zubair Rahmani
Vikram Gokhale
Riya Shukla
Supriya Pilgaonkar
Hussain Dalal
Ivan Rodrigues
Harsh Mayar
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Production designApoorva Pushkarna · Meenal Agarwal
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Summary
After finally landing a teaching job, a kindhearted woman with Tourette Syndrome faces a flawed system to provide an education to her forgotten students.
Hichki (2018, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 58 from 15 critic reviews, is rated 8+ by Filmi (BBFC: PG), 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
15 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 15 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Samrudhi Ghosh · 23 Mar 2018
Hichki Movie Review: Rani Mukerji's brilliant act is devoid of emotional manipulation Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 78
70
Rachit Gupta · 23 Mar 2018
Hichki Review {3.5/5}: The movie has plenty of freshness, insights and emotional intelligence Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 78
70
Anna MM Vetticad · 23 Mar 2018
Vetticad calls Hichki a largely engaging, occasionally predictable and manipulative film elevated by Mukerji's understated, unpitying performance… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
Shalini Langer · 24 Mar 2018
Hichki movie review: The Rani Mukerji film earns an A Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 76
70
Devesh Sharma · 23 Mar 2018
Movie Review: Hichki | Filmfare.com Read it there →
Published · 3.0/5
Filmi’s reading 68
60
Udita Jhunjhunwala · 23 Mar 2018
‘Hichki’ film review: Rani Mukerji offers earnest lessons in helping the underdog to shine Read it there →
Published · 3/5.0
Filmi’s reading 66
60
rohit bhatnagar · 23 Mar 2018
Bhatnagar calls Hichki a decent, predictable watch carried by Mukerji's performance and a strong supporting cast, cautioning viewers not to expect… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
62
Rohit Vats · 23 Mar 2018
Hichki movie review: Rani Mukerji’s well-intentioned film could have been so much more | Entertainment News Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 52
50
Namrata Joshi · 23 Mar 2018
Joshi finds Hichki predictable and cliché-ridden, singling out a 'cringeworthy' slum-tourism sequence and facile class-politics commentary, but… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
45
Saibal Chatterjee · 23 Mar 2018
Hichki Movie Review: Rani Mukerji Gets Full Marks But This Film Is Not A Class Act Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 45
50
Karan Bali · 23 Mar 2018
Rani Mukerji's committed performance and Avinash Arun's camerawork lift an otherwise clichéd, contrived, emotionally manipulative teacher-uplift… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
45
Hichki Movie Review: Rani Mukerji Does Well In A Predictable And Cliched Film Read it there →
Published · 2/5
Filmi’s reading 35
40
Sukanya Verma · 23 Mar 2018
Verma calls predictability and sentiment Hichki's 'greatest handicaps,' saying the script collapses into tantrums and melodrama despite Mukerji's… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
33
Mayank Shekhar · 23 Mar 2018
Shekhar dismisses Hichki as formulaic 'poverty porn/tourism' with preachy messaging, saying only Mukerji's performance survives a story that feels… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
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 15 readings; 9 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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Hichki: quick answers
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Where can I watch Hichki?
Hichki is streaming on OTT: Netflix (India, the US, the UK and Canada). It can also be rented or bought on Apple TV (India, the US, the UK and Canada), YouTube (India, the US, the UK and Canada) and Google Play Movies (the US). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Hichki?
Hichki has a Filmi Score of 58 (Good), the mean of 15 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 28 (Mid-Day) to 78 (India Today). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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