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Filmi Score
Very good
13 reviews
75
What the critics say
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Critics mostly call Tumbbad a visually stunning, atmospheric horror with strong performances from Sohum Shah, though several find the plot grows muddled, repetitive or over-explained in its later stretch.
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Summary
Tumbbad (2018, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 75 from 13 critic reviews, is rated 18+ by Filmi (CBFC: A), and streams on Prime Video in the US.
India, 1918. On the outskirts of Tumbbad, a cursed village where it always rains, Vinayak, along with his mother and his brother, care of a mysterious old woman who keeps the secret of an ancestral treasure that Vinayak gets obsessed with.
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 Rahi Anil Barve · written by Rahi Anil Barve & Mitesh Shah & Anand Gandhi & Adesh Prasad · music Jesper Kyd & Atul Gogavale & Ajay Gogavale
Rahi Anil BarveDirector · Writer
Mitesh ShahWriter
Anand GandhiWriter
Adesh PrasadWriter
Jesper KydMusic
Atul GogavaleMusic
Ajay GogavaleMusic
Pankaj KumarCinematography
Sanyukta KazaEditing
Sohum ShahLead
Mohammad Samad
Harsh K.
Jyoti Malshe
Dhundiraj Prabhakar Jogalekar
Rudra Soni
Madhav Hari Joshi
Piyush Kaushik
Anita Date-Kelkar
Deepak Damle
Cameron Anderson
Ronjini Chakraborty
Full crew
SoundKunal Sharma · Souvik Phukan · Dhruv Parekh · Mandar Kamalapurkar
Production designRakesh Yadav · Nitin Zihani Choudhary
CostumeSmriti Chauhan · Sachin Lovalekar
LyricsVishal Dadlani · Shekhar Ravjiani
ActionParvez Shaikh
MakeupShrikant Desai · Serina Tixeira
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Summary
India, 1918. On the outskirts of Tumbbad, a cursed village where it always rains, Vinayak, along with his mother and his brother, care of a mysterious old woman who keeps the secret of an ancestral treasure that Vinayak gets obsessed with.
Tumbbad (2018, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 75 from 13 critic reviews, is rated 18+ by Filmi (CBFC: A), and streams on Prime Video in the US.
Where to watch
Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.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
Deeksha Sharma · YouTube, Hindi · transcript read · 13 Sep 2024
The critic hails Tumbbad as India's best film, praising its story density, visuals and score, and insists it must be watched in theatres, calling… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
96
YouTube, Hindi · transcript read · 13 Sep 2024
The critic calls the re-released Tumbbad an overwhelming theatrical experience, praising its cinematography, direction and story, and urges… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
93
Yogi · YouTube, Hindi · transcript read · 13 Sep 2024
The critic praises Tumbbad's story, natural performances, VFX and sound design, calling it a cult classic worth watching in theatres, while noting… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
90
Suparna Sharma · 13 Oct 2018
Sharma calls Tumbbad a labour of love realised at stunning scale, with excellent performances, sumptuous visuals and devious plotting that… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
87
Sanjukta Sharma · 12 Oct 2018
‘Tumbbad’ film review: A visually stunning parable about greed and ambition Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5.0
Filmi’s reading 85
70
Rachit Gupta · 9 Oct 2018
Tumbbad Movie Review {4/5}: A psychological horror film with strong visuals and metaphors Read it there →
Published · 4.0/5
Filmi’s reading 82
80
Stutee Ghosh · 12 Oct 2018
Ghosh finds Tumbbad ticks every horror box and goes further, weaving mythology and atmosphere into an unrelenting, ominous journey carried by a… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
80
Shubhra Gupta · 12 Oct 2018
Tumbbad movie review: A gorgeous looking, intriguing morality tale Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 78
70
Raja Sen · 12 Oct 2018
Tumbbad movie review: A visually rich story of greed and gold | Bollywood Read it there →
Published · 3/5
Filmi’s reading 63
60
Namrata Joshi · 11 Oct 2018
Joshi admires the film's mood, imagery and layered mythology but concludes the makers overreach, finding the plot needlessly complicated toward… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
52
Sreehari Nair · 12 Oct 2018
Nair argues Tumbbad has a powerful parable but fails to use cinema to convey it, calling the storytelling static and lacking density, though he… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
33
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; 6 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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Tumbbad: quick answers
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Where can I watch Tumbbad?
Tumbbad is streaming on OTT: Prime Video (India, the US, the UK and Canada). It can also be rented or bought on Amazon Video (India). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Tumbbad?
Tumbbad has a Filmi Score of 75 (Very good), the mean of 13 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 33 (Rediff) to 96 (Filmi Indian). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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