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Akhil Arora

Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:

Akhil Arora interviews the likes of Christian Bale and Anurag Kashyap, covers series premieres and service launches across the world, and looks at blockbusters and independent dramas from a global socio-political and feminist perspective. As a Rotten Tomatoes-certified film critic, Akhil has reviewed over 150 movies and TV shows in over half a decade.

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Kalamkaval (2025) EDIT “The investigative thriller, in which Mammootty plays a serial killer, is a dull, dour, and deeply frustrating film.” – The Long Take Podcast Jan 19, 2026 Full Review Haq (2025) 77% EDIT “Haq, the new propaganda movie starring Yami Gautam Dhar and Emraan Hashmi, is even more insidious than Dhurandhar.” – The Long Take Podcast Jan 6, 2026 Full Review Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders (2025) 79% EDIT “Is Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders more than just a way for director Honey Trehan to pay the rent, or is it actually worthwhile?” – The Long Take Podcast Dec 26, 2025 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% EDIT “Avatar: Fire and Ash is the weakest instalment of James Cameron’s trilogy.” – The Long Take Podcast Dec 23, 2025 Full Review Dhurandhar (2025) 42% EDIT “Dhurandhar is vile propaganda whose influence will spread beyond even its target audience of unemployed youth and WhatsApp uncles. ” – The Long Take Podcast Dec 21, 2025 Full Review The Girlfriend (2025) EDIT “The Girlfriend seems like a direct response to the widespread misogyny of Indian cinema, but it feels disingenuous because it stars someone who has defended that very misogyny.” – The Long Take Podcast Dec 5, 2025 Full Review Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari (2025) 20% EDIT “Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari is more like a sitcom written by a Dharma [Productions] committee than a proper movie.” – The Long Take Podcast Dec 5, 2025 Full Review Nishaanchi 2 (2025) EDIT “Nishaanchi: Part 2 features arguably the best climax that Anurag Kashyap has ever orchestrated.” – The Long Take Podcast Dec 5, 2025 Full Review Nishaanchi (2025) 64% EDIT “Anurag Kashyap’s Nishaanchi: Part 1 is a welcome return to form, and the long-awaited spiritual successor to Gangs of Wasseypur that his fans have been waiting for.” – The Long Take Podcast Dec 5, 2025 Full Review Lokah - Chapter 1: Chandra (2025) EDIT “Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra is perhaps the most overrated Indian movie of the year.” – The Long Take Podcast Dec 5, 2025 Full Review Param Sundari (2025) 7% EDIT “Param Sundari, the new film starring Janhvi Kapoor and Sidharth Malhotra, seems to make things up as it goes along.” – The Long Take Podcast Dec 5, 2025 Full Review Homebound (2025) 97% EDIT “Homebound, Neeraj Ghaywan’s second feature film in a decade, is well worth the wait.” – The Long Take Podcast Dec 5, 2025 Full Review All We Imagine as Light (2024) 100% EDIT “[T]he film’s bittersweet exploration of urban loneliness and the migrant experience, its depiction of Mumbai, and [Payal] Kapadia’s command over tone.” – The Long Take Podcast Sep 29, 2025 Full Review Mrs. (2023) 86% EDIT “Is Mrs., the Hindi-language remake of the acclaimed Malayalam film The Great Indian Kitchen, a better exploration of the same ideas?” – The Long Take Podcast Sep 29, 2025 Full Review Superboys of Malegaon (2024) 87% EDIT “In Superboys of Malegaon, director Reema Kagti unites three talented male actors in an inspiring story about ambition and friendship. But was she the ideal person for the job?” – The Long Take Podcast Sep 29, 2025 Full Review The Electric State (2025) 14% EDIT “The United Nations should probably intervene and impose sanctions on streamers for wasting over $300 million on movies like The Electric State.” – The Long Take Podcast Sep 29, 2025 Full Review Jewel Thief - The Heist Begins (2025) 5% EDIT “[W]onder why an actor of Jaideep Ahlawat’s talent would put himself through this, and eventually get around to poking holes in the film’s plot and questioning the intelligence of its characters.” – The Long Take Podcast Sep 29, 2025 Full Review The Diplomat (2025) 47% EDIT “No diplomacy takes place in the new John Abraham film The Diplomat.” – The Long Take Podcast Sep 29, 2025 Full Review Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) 80% EDIT “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning may or may not be Tom Cruise’s final time playing IMF agent Ethan Hunt, but the movie is certainly not worthy of taking on sendoff responsibilities.” – The Long Take Podcast Sep 29, 2025 Full Review Stolen (2023) 88% EDIT “After producing two movies about a hyper-masculine cop who literally lynches people, Nikkhil Advani has attached himself as an executive producer to Stolen, the new survival thriller on Prime Video.” – The Long Take Podcast Sep 29, 2025 Full Review Alappuzha Gymkhana (2025) EDIT “The Malayalam-language sports comedy film Alappuzha Gymkhana has no stakes, no villain, and no classic structure. This could either have been a bold decision or an act of self-sabotage. It’s somewhere in the middle.” – The Long Take Podcast Sep 29, 2025 Full Review Sarzameen (2025) EDIT “Is Dharma trying to actively sabotage Ibrahim Ali Khan’s career? After the unwatchable Nadaaniyan, the studio has released the equally inept Sarzameen, a feature-length debut for director Kayoze Irani.” – The Long Take Podcast Sep 29, 2025 Full Review Sitaare Zameen Par (2025) 65% EDIT “Sitaare Zameen Par—marketed as the spiritual sequel to Aamir Khan’s 2007 hit Taare Zameen Par—is a shoddily made, preachy, borderline insensitive film with a noble mission.” – The Long Take Podcast Sep 29, 2025 Full Review Tehran (2025) EDIT “Tehran—the new John Abraham political action thriller—literally cannot identify the country of Georgia on the map.” – The Long Take Podcast Sep 29, 2025 Full Review Maareesan (2025) EDIT “[M]ainly, we talk about the film’s shady morality, which seems to champion extrajudicial killings if the cause is perceived as noble enough.” – The Long Take Podcast Sep 29, 2025 Full Review
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