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… India’s first registered association of film critics — a geographically diverse cross-section of professionals — who have come together to streamline the ethical and quality standards for film criticism in the country.
With India’s most credible critics – representing print, radio, broadcast, and the web – at its helm, the Guild is dedicated to maintaining the highest level of integrity amongst its members and evaluating works of cinema that stand apart in their story telling.
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Critics Choice Awards
Since 2018, the Film Critics Guild and Motion Content Group in collaboration with Vistas Media Capital have showcased, recognised and rewarded the best talent coming out from different film industries, all across India. Our aim have championed short films, web series and feature films all on the same platform across all Indian languages, through an unbiased, credible, transparent process.
Outreach Programmes
Film Critics Guild aims to carry out meaningful conversations around film criticism across the country, in different cities as a part of our robust year-round programme. We collaborate with different organizations, film festivals and educational institutions to carry out film screenings, workshops and panel discussions on the art of film criticism.
Member Reviews
Film Critics Guild currently has 57 members spread across 13 different cities, who regularly review the films released every week, across all Indian languages. Our mandate is to further the cause of credible and ethical film criticism in the country. This site collates reviews by members which you can browse starting here, or look for a specific film using our alphabetic index of films.
Guild News
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Best of Critics' Choice Awards at the 17th International Guwahati Film Festival
The Film Critics Guild collaborated with the Gauhati Cinema Club for the 17th International Guwahati Film Festival to showcase the Best of the Critics’ Choice Awards. The festival took place from 11—16th December 2024, where five feature films were screened, which included titles like Kadaisi Vivasayi by M. Manikandan, Three of Us by Avinash Arun Dhaware, Eeb Allay Ooo! by Prateek Vats, Koozhangal by P. Vinothraj, and Goldfish by Pushan Kripalani.
FCG Gender Sensitivity Award at Dharamshala Int'l Film Festival 2024
The Film Critics Guild partnered with the Dharamshala International Film Festival (7-10 December 2024) to present the FCG Gender Sensitivity Award to the documentary film Marching in the Dark by Kinshuk Surjan. The jury included film critics Ishita Sengupta (OTT Play), Kirubhakar Purushothaman (News18), and Sukanya Verma (Rediff.com). At the closing ceremony of the festival, the award was presented to the filmmaker by film critic Rohan Naahar (The Indian Express).
Best of Critics Choice Awards Screened at Lakhisarai Children's Film Festival 2024
The first-ever Lakhisarai Children’s Film Festival was held in Lakhisarai, Bihar, where a short film package was screened under the ‘Best of Critics’ Choice Awards,’ in collaboration with the Film Critics Guild. Suman Sen’s The Silent Echo and Karishma Dev Dubey’s Bittu were featured in this package. Guild member and senior critic Deepak Dua was present at the event.
Film Critics Guild Gender Sensitivity Award at MAMI 2024
The Film Critics Guild collaborated with the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024 and awarded the FCG Gender Sensitivity Award to the feature film Girls Will Be Girls by Shuchi Talati. The jury consisted of film critics Monika Rawal, Rohit Khilnani (Bollywood Hungama), and Sanyukta Thakare (Mashable). Click here to read more
Latest Member Reviews
Read all reviews by our members
starting here
or browse our index of films reviewed,
for reviews of a specific film
Video Reviews
Girls Will Be Girls
Sucharita Tyagi
Independent Film Critic
Asks to break the cycle of trauma.
All 10 reviews of Girls Will Be Girls here
Zero Se Restart
Bhawana Somaaya
92.7 Big FM
Zero se Restart is like a master class in Filmmaking
All 2 reviews of Zero Se Restart here
Print/Online Reviews
Rekhachithram
Vishal Menon
The Hollywood Reporter India
A Stunning Mix Of Crime And Cinephilia From Director Jofin T. Chacko
Sankranthiki Vasthunam
Sangeetha Devi Dundoo
The Hindu
Anil Ravipudi and Venkatesh’s film delivers mindless laughs
Kadhalikka Neramillai
Avinash Ramachandran
Indian Express
Nithya Menen, Ravi Mohan shine bright in Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi’s warm and chic romcom
All 3 reviews of Kadhalikka Neramillai here
Kadhalikka Neramillai
Gopinath Rajendran
The Hindu
Nithya Menen and Ravi Mohan are brilliant in a breezy romance that opts for moments over magnificence
All 3 reviews of Kadhalikka Neramillai here
Juror #2
Rohan Naahar
The Indian Express
Clint Eastwood’s compelling courtroom drama puts institutions on trial
All 2 reviews of Juror #2 here
Black Warrant
Rohit Vats
DNA
Netflix jail drama has grit and terrific actors
All 9 reviews of Black Warrant here
Daaku Maharaaj
Srivathsan Nadadhur
Independent Film Critic
Bobby Kolli, Balakrishna’s film is more style than substance
Sangeet Manapmaan
Keyur Seta
(for The Comman Man Speaks)
Bollywood Hungama
Subodh Bhave’s second directorial turns out to be just a one-time watch
Black Warrant
Nonika Singh
The Tribune, Hollywood Reporter India
Tihar tales and how the system fails
All 9 reviews of Black Warrant here
Game Changer
Priyanka Roy
The Telegraph
Ram Charan is in fine form, but Game Changer isn't
All 7 reviews of Game Changer here
Black Warrant
Uday Bhatia
Mint Lounge
It’s the little things that make this Tihar series sing
All 9 reviews of Black Warrant here
Black Warrant
Sonal Pandya
Times Now, Zoom
Vikramaditya Motwane's Period Drama Is A Stellar Look Into Prison System
All 9 reviews of Black Warrant here
Critics Choice Awards 2024
The Critics' Choice Film Awards is a platform to celebrate diversity and flair in Indian films. It is a space to reward and recognise creativity, ingenuity and quality.
As a pan-India award, the Critics' Choice Film Awards represents the diverse range of filmmaking in the country. It honours talent and displays the rich culture of films across languages, styles and themes. The Critics' Choice Film Awards were instituted in 2018 and have continued every year since.
In our first edition, the awards recognized short films, in the second we enhanced the awards to include the exciting and burgeoning space of web series and episodic content. This year we aim to continue unearthing and honoring talent from this flourishing space. With a transparent process to identify worthy winners, these awards aim to reward the immense creativity of this industry.
View earlier years from here
Special Awards 2024
Feature Films 2024
Web Series 2024
Short Films 2024
