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Good
7 reviews
55
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Critics say the veteran cast's comic timing and witty dialogue make the first half genuinely funny, but excess songs, tacky CGI, sagging pace and a weak climax drag down the back half.
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Summary
Welcome Back (2015, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 55 from 7 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on The Roku Channel in the US.
A pair of reformed gangsters try to find a husband for their newly discovered sister, but complications arise due to mistaken identities.
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 Anees Bazmee · written by Anees Bazmee & Raaj Shaandilyaa & Rajeev Kaul & Rajan Aggarwal · music Yo Yo Honey Singh & Abhishek Ray & Meet Bros Anjjan & Mika Singh & Anu Malik
Anees BazmeeDirector · Writer
Raaj ShaandilyaaWriter
Rajeev KaulWriter
Rajan AggarwalWriter
Yo Yo Honey SinghMusic
Abhishek RayMusic
Meet Bros AnjjanMusic
Mika SinghMusic
Anu MalikMusic
Kabir LalCinematography
Ashfaq MakraniEditing
Steven H. BernardEditing
John AbrahamLead
Shruti Haasan
Anil Kapoor
Nana Patekar
Paresh Rawal
Dimple Kapadia
Naseeruddin Shah
Shiney Ahuja
Om Puri
Rajpal Yadav
Ranjeet Bedi
Adi Irani
Full crew
SoundKunal Lolsure · Pradeep Suri
Production designRupesh Talaskar · Shailesh Mahadik
ChoreographyAhmed Khan · Ganesh Acharya
ActionAbbas Ali Moghul
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Summary
A pair of reformed gangsters try to find a husband for their newly discovered sister, but complications arise due to mistaken identities.
Welcome Back (2015, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 55 from 7 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on The Roku Channel 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
7 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 7 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Deepanjana Pal · 4 Sep 2015
The critic finds Welcome Back gleefully, proudly stupid but genuinely, laugh-out-loud funny for most of its runtime, praising the ensemble cast… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
77
Shubha Shetty-Saha · 4 Sep 2015
The critic calls Welcome Back a mindless but frequently funny leave-your-brains-at-home comedy, praising the dialogue and ensemble cast, while… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
68
Ananya Bhattacharya · 4 Sep 2015
3/5, stated in the text — not a formal rating. Read it there →
Stated in text
Filmi’s reading 65
60
Devesh Sharma · 4 Sep 2015
Critic credits the veteran cast's comic timing and witty dialogue for a fun first half, but faults excess songs, slack second-half pacing and a… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
65
Welcome Back review: Unlimited ambitions and limited fun Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 45
50
Critic finds the film dumb but entertaining thanks to the veteran comic actors, badly let down by John Abraham and Shruti Haasan, and explicitly… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
35
Shubhra Gupta · 4 Sep 2015
Welcome Back review: In John Abraham, Shruti Haasan starrer we are looking for the laughs Read it there →
Published · 1.5/5
Filmi’s reading 30
30
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 7 readings; 3 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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Where can I watch Welcome Back?
Welcome Back is streaming on OTT: Prime Video (India), ShemarooMe (India), JioHotstar (India), The Roku Channel (the US) and Tubi Tv (the US, the UK and Canada). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Welcome Back?
Welcome Back has a Filmi Score of 55 (Good), the mean of 7 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 30 (The Indian Express) to 77 (Firstpost). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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