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Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran review
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Summary
Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran (2018, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 50 from 6 critic reviews, is rated 7+ by Filmi (CBFC: U), and streams on ZEE5 in India.
A look at India's second confidential nuclear test series at Pokhran lead by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, during the time of PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure.
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 Abhishek Sharma · written by Abhishek Sharma & Saiwyn Quadras & Sanyukta Shaikh Chawla · music Jigar Saraiya & Jeet Gannguli & Sachin Sanghvi
Abhishek SharmaDirector · Writer
Saiwyn QuadrasWriter
Sanyukta Shaikh ChawlaWriter
Jigar SaraiyaMusic
Jeet GannguliMusic
Sachin SanghviMusic
Aseem MishraCinematography
Zubin MistryCinematography
Rameshwar S. BhagatEditing
John AbrahamLead
Diana Penty
Boman Irani
Zachary Coffin
Mark Bennington
Arush Nand
Yogendra Tiku
Vikas Kumar
Darshan Pandya
Anuja Sathe
Full crew
SoundGissy Michael · Shajith Koyeri · Ajay Kumar P. B. · M. Lakshmi Naidu
Production designSandeep Ravade · Vahi Shaikh
CostumeDarshan Jalan · Subarna Ray Chaudhuri
LyricsRashmi Virag
VFXKeith Devlin
ActionAmar Shetty
MakeupVikram Gaikwad
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Summary
A look at India's second confidential nuclear test series at Pokhran lead by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, during the time of PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure.
Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran (2018, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 50 from 6 critic reviews, is rated 7+ by Filmi (CBFC: U), and streams on ZEE5 in India.
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What the critics said
6 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 6 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Rachit Gupta · 25 May 2018
Parmanu Review {3.5/5}: Parmanu: The Story Of Pokhran is an entertaining recreation of India’s race to become a nuclear power Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 75
70
Rohit Vats · 25 May 2018
Parmanu The Story of Pokhran movie review: The climax of John Abraham’s film keeps you hooked | Entertainment News Read it there →
Published · 3/5
Filmi’s reading 65
60
Kennith Rosario · 25 May 2018
Rosario reads Parmanu as jingoistic propaganda in thriller clothing, engaging in its simplicity but undercut by faux sincerity across the cast. He… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
32
Shubhra Gupta · 25 May 2018
Parmanu movie review: The John Abraham starrer is all surface, no depth Read it there →
Published · 1.5/5
Filmi’s reading 25
30
Arnab Banerjee · 26 May 2018
Banerjee dismisses Parmanu as an unintentionally funny distortion of history, panning its unconvincing team, glossed-over stakes and Abraham's… Read it there →
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25
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 6 readings; 4 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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Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran is streaming on OTT: ZEE5 (India). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran?
Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran has a Filmi Score of 50 (Good), the mean of 6 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 25 (The Indian Express) to 80 (Bollywood Hungama). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
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