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2019 · Hindi · 1h 51m · Drama, Romance · CBFC U/A
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Filmi Score
Good
3 reviews · provisional
62
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What the critics say

Critics praise Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Sanya Malhotra's performances and the warm Mumbai atmosphere in this quietly literary romance, but call the screenplay inconsistent and the second half dragging.

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Summary

Photograph (2019, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 62 from 3 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Prime Video in the US.

A struggling street photographer, pressured to marry by his grandmother, convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée. The pair develops a connection that transforms them in ways that they could not expect.

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Cast & crew
Directed and written by Ritesh Batra · music Peter Raeburn
Ritesh BatraDirector · Writer
Peter RaeburnMusic
Ben KutchinsCinematography
Lawrence DcunhaCinematography
Tim GillisCinematography
John F. LyonsEditing
Cast
Nawazuddin SiddiquiLead
Sanya Malhotra
Farrukh Jaffar
Akash Sinha
Abdul Quadir Amin
Sachin Khedekar
Denzil Smith
Brinda Trivedi
Lubna Salim
Rajesh Kumar Sharma
Shihaan Bakshi
Seema Pravin Shende
Full crew
SoundMoritz Hoffmeister · Jörg Theil · Michael Kaczmarek
Production designShruti Gupte · Arundhati Barkataky · Pradeep Paul Francis · Diya Mukerjea

Summary

A struggling street photographer, pressured to marry by his grandmother, convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée. The pair develops a connection that transforms them in ways that they could not expect.

Photograph (2019, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 62 from 3 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Prime Video in the US.

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What the critics said

3 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
The critic’s own number where they gave one
Rahul Desai · 28 Jan 2019
Desai calls Photograph an unhurried, literary romance that subverts Hindi cinema's class-crossed love story, anchored by Sanya Malhotra's quietly… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
Guy Lodge · 28 Jan 2019
Lodge calls Photograph a warm, carefully crafted return to Batra's Lunchbox register, praising Siddiqui and Malhotra and the Mumbai street… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
70
Published · 2.0/5 Filmi’s reading 38
40
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 3 readings; 1 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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Photograph: quick answers

Box office, where to watch and what critics said — from the same data as the page.

Where can I watch Photograph?

Photograph is streaming on OTT: Prime Video (India, the US and Canada) and Hoopla (Canada). It can also be rented or bought on Apple TV (the UK and Canada), Rakuten TV (the UK) and Amazon Video (the UK). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.

What did critics say about Photograph?

Photograph has a Filmi Score of 62 (Good), the mean of 3 readings of critic reviews, one per review. The score is provisional until at least five reviews are read. Readings run from 38 (Bollywood Hungama) to 78 (Film Companion). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.

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