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Filmi Score
Very good
15 reviews
72
What the critics say
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Critics agree Jalsa's performances from Vidya Balan and Shefali Shah are the film's strength in a tense moral thriller, though many flag pacing issues, underexplained subplots, and an unconvincing or contrived climax.
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Summary
Jalsa (2022, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 72 from 15 critic reviews, and streams on Prime Video in the US.
A hit and run of an 18-year-old girl becomes the hub of a wheel that sets into motion many a spoke - a journalist, a raging mother, a cop and a system all caught in an ethical dilemma. Questions are raised only to realize that the truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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 Suresh Triveni · written by Suresh Triveni & Prajwal Chandrashekhar & Hussain Dalal & Abbas Dalal · music Gaurav Chatterji
Suresh TriveniDirector · Writer
Prajwal ChandrashekharWriter
Hussain DalalWriter
Abbas DalalWriter
Gaurav ChatterjiMusic
Saurabh GoswamiCinematography
Shivkumar V. PanickerEditing
Vidya BalanLead
Shefali Shah
Rohini Hattangadi
Vidhatri Bandi
Manav Kaul
Vijay Nikam
Mohammed Iqbal Khan
Surya Kasibhatla
Shafeen Patel
Sharad
Shrikant Yadav
Kashish Rizwan
Full crew
SoundAnthony Ruban
Production designAjay Chodanker · Vipin Kumar
CostumeIsha Bhansali · Sujata Kumari
LyricsSandeep Gaur
ActionVikram Dahiya
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Summary
A hit and run of an 18-year-old girl becomes the hub of a wheel that sets into motion many a spoke - a journalist, a raging mother, a cop and a system all caught in an ethical dilemma. Questions are raised only to realize that the truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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
Shubham Kulkarni · 18 Mar 2022
The critic calls Jalsa a morally intricate, jigsaw-puzzle script anchored by extraordinary performances from Vidya Balan and Shefali Shah, with… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
93
YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 20 Mar 2022
5/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 92
100
Mayank Shekhar · 19 Mar 2022
3.5/5, stated in the text — not a formal rating. Read it there →
Stated in text
Filmi’s reading 88
70
Renuka Vyavahare · 18 Mar 2022
Jalsa Movie Review: A heart-wrenching portrayal of inner conflict Read it there →
Published · 4.0/5
Filmi’s reading 85
80
Anna MM Vetticad · 18 Mar 2022
Vetticad praises Jalsa's performances, direction and craft as an unusually textured, socially observant Hindi film, with a mild objection to one… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
82
Sanjana Jadhav · 18 Mar 2022
Jalsa Review: Vidya Balan, Shefali Shah are terrific in thriller that ticks the moral compass Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 80
70
Tushar Joshi · 18 Mar 2022
Jalsa Movie review: Vidya Balan, Shefali Shah deliver terrific performances in this epic thriller Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 78
70
Anuj Kumar · 18 Mar 2022
Kumar praises Jalsa as a sleek, relatable social thriller anchored by Shefali Shah and Vidya Balan's performances, with sharp direction and… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
73
Saibal Chatterjee · 18 Mar 2022
Jalsa Review: Vidya Balan And Shefali Shah Keep The Film On The Boil Read it there →
Published · 3/5
Filmi’s reading 66
60
Suhasini Srihari · 18 Mar 2022
Jalsa review: Balan shines in stark portrayal of reality Read it there →
Published · 3/5
Filmi’s reading 62
60
Stutee Ghosh · 18 Mar 2022
3/5, stated in the text — not a formal rating. Read it there →
Stated in text
Filmi’s reading 62
60
Monika Rawal Kukreja · 18 Mar 2022
Kukreja is bothered by Jalsa's pacing and unexplained backstories throughout, and finds the climax potentially disappointing, but credits strong… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
55
Shubhra Gupta · 18 Mar 2022
Jalsa movie review: Shefali Shah rescues the film in the final act Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 48
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 15 readings; 11 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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Jalsa: quick answers
Box office, where to watch and what critics said — from the same data as the page.
What is Jalsa's OTT release date?
Jalsa arrived on OTT on 18 Mar 2022 on Prime Video in India.
Where can I watch Jalsa?
Jalsa is streaming on OTT: Prime Video (India, the US, the UK and Canada) and MX Player (India). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Jalsa?
Jalsa has a Filmi Score of 72 (Very good), the mean of 15 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 45 (Bollywood Hungama) to 93 (Koimoi). 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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