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Last Man in Tower review
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Filmi Score
Very good
13 reviews
70
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Critics are near-unanimous that Bajpayee and Dutta deliver the film's power, calling it a chilling, relevant study of middle-class greed, though several say the adaptation feels dated, uneven, or pulls back into easy moral answers.
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Summary
Last Man in Tower (2026, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 70 from 13 critic reviews, and is rated 16+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A 16+).
Masterji is a retired schoolteacher whose refusal to go along with those around him places him in direct conflict with his own community. His act of quiet resistance ripples outward, throwing into relief the choices and compromises of neighbors – including Mrs. Puri – as an offer of change tests what each of them is willing to hold on to.
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Cast & crew
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Directed by Ben Rekhi · written by Juhi Chaturvedi & Sooni Taraporevala · music Govindh Vasantha
Ben RekhiDirector
Juhi ChaturvediWriter
Sooni TaraporevalaWriter
Govindh VasanthaMusic
Rangarajan RambadranCinematography
Meghna Manchanda SenEditing
Manoj BajpayeeLead
Divya Dutta
Boman Irani
Harish Khanna
Sukant Goel
Chandan Roy Sanyal
Ujjwal Chopra
Jitarth
Swaroopa Ghosh
Uday Chandra
Madhuri Bhatia
Shrikant Yadav
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SoundJayadev Tiruveaipati
Production designRajesh Kumar Yadav
VFXIndranil Roy
ActionVikram Singh Dahiya
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Around the web
Recent writing, podcasts and video essays about “Last Man in Tower” — chosen by hand, one line on why to read each.
Worth your timeBen Rekhi on the decade it took to adapt Adiga's novel, why he cut a limited series down to a film, and Bajpayee playing an unlikeable Masterji
The Hindu · Shreyas Pande · 15 Sep 2026 · 1,300 words
Summary
Masterji is a retired schoolteacher whose refusal to go along with those around him places him in direct conflict with his own community. His act of quiet resistance ripples outward, throwing into relief the choices and compromises of neighbors – including Mrs. Puri – as an offer of change tests what each of them is willing to hold on to.
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What the critics said
13 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 13 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Renuka Vyavahare · 11 Sep 2026
Last Man in Tower Movie Review: A poignant conflict between holding on and moving forward Read it there →
Published · 4.0/5
Filmi’s reading 88
80
Sana Farzeen · 11 Sep 2026
Last Man in Tower review: Manoj, Divya deliver a masterclass in human behaviour Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 85
70
Sreeju Sudhakaran · 11 Sep 2026
Last Man In Tower Review: Unsettling Must Watch Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 82
70
Rahul Desai · 11 Sep 2026
Desai calls the film an unforgiving, well-observed middle-class tragedy anchored by a career-continuing Bajpayee performance and a scene-stealing… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
82
BH Harsh · 11 Sep 2026
A dry, caustic study of middle-class housing-crisis morality anchored by a brilliant Bajpayee and Dutta; the critic's chief reservation is that… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
Devesh Sharma · 11 Sep 2026
Last Man in Tower Review: Home, Heart and Other Mysteries | Filmfare.com Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 76
70
Rishabh Suri · 12 Sep 2026
3.5/5, stated in the text — not a formal rating. Read it there →
Stated in text
Filmi’s reading 72
70
Nandini Ramnath · 11 Sep 2026
Ramnath praises Bajpayee's restraint and Dutta's transformation and calls the adaptation efficient, but says it feels somewhat perfunctory and… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
68
रेखा खान · 11 Sep 2026
रेखा खान बजपेयी और दत्ता के अभिनय की तारीफ करती हैं और फिल्म को भावनात्मक रूप से असरदार मानती हैं, पर कहानी को पुराने दौर में रखे जाने से उसकी… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
65
Anupama Chopra · YouTube · transcript read · 11 Sep 2026
Anupama Chopra finds solid storytelling grounded by Manoj Bajpayee and a terrific Divya Dutta, but the film never becomes the Mumbai horror story… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
65
Anuj Kumar · 11 Sep 2026
The Hindu calls Bajpayee's Masterji devastating and praises the film's political metaphor and Dutta's performance, but says the central conflict… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
60
Shubhra Gupta · 11 Sep 2026
Last Man In Tower movie review: Manoj Bajpayee film questions the cost of progress Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 45
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 13 readings; 7 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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What did critics say about Last Man in Tower?
Last Man in Tower has a Filmi Score of 70 (Very good), the mean of 13 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 45 (The Indian Express) to 88 (Times of India). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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