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Filmi Score
Very good
9 reviews
79
6 exceptional2 very good1 weak
What the critics say
Critics widely praised Neerja as a taut, moving biopic anchored by Kapoor's best performance and Azmi's restrained work, with recurring gripes about an unnecessary song and a rougher second half, though one review found the screenplay thin and underlayered.
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Summary
Neerja (2016, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 79 from 9 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Prime Video in India.
Neerja is a portrayal on the life of the courageous Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on the Pan Am flight 73 in 1986. The flight was hijacked by a terrorist organization.
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Neerja is a portrayal on the life of the courageous Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on the Pan Am flight 73 in 1986. The flight was hijacked by a terrorist organization.
Neerja (2016, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 79 from 9 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Prime Video in India.
Where to watch
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Vetticad calls Neerja an outstanding, restrained, realistic biopic elevated by its performances, direction and treatment of the hijackers, with… Read it there →
Sen calls Kapoor's performance exceptional and Madhvani's direction masterful, noting only minor early rough edges (clunky dialogue, heavy… Read it there →
Shetty-Saha calls Neerja a deeply moving, sincerely handled biopic with strong work from Kapoor and Azmi, closing with an explicit instruction not… Read it there →
The critic admires Neerja's intent and real-life subject but says he felt let down by the film itself, faulting a simplistic, underlayered… Read it there →
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34
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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Neerja is streaming on OTT: Prime Video (India). It can also be rented or bought on Apple TV (India and the UK) and YouTube (India and the UK). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Neerja?
Neerja has a Filmi Score of 79 (Very good), the mean of 9 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 34 (Upperstall.com) to 92 (Firstpost). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
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