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Filmi Score
Good
9 reviews
55
5 very good1 mixed3 weak
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Reviews split sharply on this Forrest Gump adaptation, with several praising the music, cinematography and supporting cast like Kareena Kapoor and Mona Singh, but many calling Aamir Khan's performance overplayed and the screenplay, politics and three-hour runtime a drag.
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Summary
Laal Singh Chaddha (2022, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 55 from 9 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Netflix in the US.
Events in India's history — from the Emergency and the famous Cricket World Cup win to the Punjab riots , unfold from the perspective of an innocent Sikh man Laal Singh Chaddha, a person with a low IQ but high optimism. Laal is able to achieve everything under the sun but his childhood love continues to elude him.
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Events in India's history — from the Emergency and the famous Cricket World Cup win to the Punjab riots , unfold from the perspective of an innocent Sikh man Laal Singh Chaddha, a person with a low IQ but high optimism. Laal is able to achieve everything under the sun but his childhood love continues to elude him.
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Sucharita Tyagi finds Aamir good despite leaning into caricature, praises Kareena's deepened Rupa arc and the film's historical meaning-making,… Watch it there →
Yogi · YouTube, Hindi · transcript read · 11 Aug 2022
The reviewer enjoyed the humour and the emotional final stretch but felt the three-hour runtime drag. He calls it not one of Aamir's best but a… Watch it there →
Sarkar credits strong supporting performances, cinematography and music, but faults the film's superficial, appeasement-tinged handling of… Read it there →
The critic praises the music, Satyajit Pandey's cinematography, and the young leads and Kareena Kapoor, but calls the screenplay hit-and-miss, the… Watch it there →
The reviewer calls the film's long disclaimer performative, accuses it of softening extremism and mocking the Indian Army, and finds the… Watch it there →
Deeksha Sharma · YouTube, Hindi · transcript read · 11 Aug 2022
The critic likes the music, cinematography and the child actor playing young Lal, but finds Aamir Khan's performance overplayed and the screenplay… Watch it there →
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22
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; 3 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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Where can I watch Laal Singh Chaddha?
Laal Singh Chaddha 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 Laal Singh Chaddha?
Laal Singh Chaddha has a Filmi Score of 55 (Good), the mean of 9 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 22 (Filmi Indian) to 78 (Sucharita Tyagi). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
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