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Jewel Thief - The Heist Begins review
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Filmi Score
Weak
9 reviews
29
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Critics call Jewel Thief a predictable, lazily written heist with cringey dialogue, agreeing only that Jaideep Ahlawat's performance is worth watching despite the wasted cast and plot holes.
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Summary
Jewel Thief - The Heist Begins (2025, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 29 from 9 critic reviews, is rated 16+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A 16+), and streams on Netflix in the US.
In this high-octane battle of wits and wills, ingenious con artist Rehan devises a diamond heist while trying to outsmart Rajan, his sadistic adversary.
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 Robby Grewal & Kookie Gulati · written by David Logan & Sumit Arora · music Shezan Shaikh & Jigar Saraiya & Sachin Sanghvi & Kabeer Kathpalia & Savera Mehta & Anis Ali Sabri
Robby GrewalDirector
Kookie GulatiDirector
David LoganWriter
Sumit AroraWriter
Shezan ShaikhMusic
Jigar SaraiyaMusic
Sachin SanghviMusic
Kabeer KathpaliaMusic
Savera MehtaMusic
Anis Ali SabriMusic
Jishnu BhattacharjeeCinematography
Aarif SheikhEditing
Saif Ali KhanLead
Jaideep Ahlawat
Nikita Dutta
Kunal Kapoor
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Gagan Arora
Dorendra Singh Loitongbam
Peter Muxka Manuel
Ayaz Khan
Sumit Gulati
Shaji Choudhary
Priya Sharma
Full crew
SoundAnirban Sengupta
Production designSwapnil Bhalerao · Madhur Madhavan
ChoreographyPiyush Bhagat · Shazia Samji
LyricsKumaar · Anis Ali Sabri
ActionParvez Shaikh · Kaecha Kampakdee · Habib Sayed · Riyaz Shaikh
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Summary
In this high-octane battle of wits and wills, ingenious con artist Rehan devises a diamond heist while trying to outsmart Rajan, his sadistic adversary.
Jewel Thief - The Heist Begins (2025, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 29 from 9 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
9 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 9 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Yogi · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 25 Apr 2025
2/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 60
40
Pratikshya Mishra · 25 Apr 2025
The Quint finds the heist premise squandered by corny dialogue, predictable twists, and choppy editing, redeemed only by committed performances… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
32
YouTube · transcript read · 25 Apr 2025
Tyagi calls Jewel Thief a hollow, clumsily plotted heist movie that spoon-feeds every beat to the audience, though she credits Ahlawat, Khan and… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
30
Anmol Jamwal · YouTube · transcript read · 25 Apr 2025
Calls Jewel Thief an embarrassingly forgettable, derivative heist film let down by lame writing, tacky color-graded cinematography and wasted… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
27
Deeksha Sharma · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 26 Apr 2025
1/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 15
20
Shubhra Gupta · 25 Apr 2025
Jewel Thief Movie Review: Lazy and banal Saif Ali Khan-Jaideep Ahlawat heist thriller has zero sparkle Read it there →
Published · 1/5
Filmi’s reading 15
20
Rashmi Vasudeva · 26 Apr 2025
Vasudeva mocks the film's implausible plot and hoot-worthy dialogue, saying there is nothing to recommend even with Ahlawat trying hard, and… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
12
Rishabh Suri · 25 Apr 2025
Jewel Thief movie review: Saif Ali Khan, Jaideep Ahlawat's heist thriller succeeds in stealing your time | Bollywood Read it there →
Published · 1/5
Filmi’s reading 10
20
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 9 readings; 5 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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Jewel Thief - The Heist Begins: quick answers
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What is Jewel Thief - The Heist Begins's OTT release date?
Jewel Thief - The Heist Begins arrived on OTT on 25 Apr 2025 on Netflix in India.
Where can I watch Jewel Thief - The Heist Begins?
Jewel Thief - The Heist Begins 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 Jewel Thief - The Heist Begins?
Jewel Thief - The Heist Begins has a Filmi Score of 29 (Weak), the mean of 9 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 10 (Hindustan Times) to 64 (Bollywood Hungama). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
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