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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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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
Panel on Film Criticism at Round the Frame Awards in Mumbai
Film Critics Guild collaborated with Reborn India Film and conducted a panel discussion on the art of film criticism at their Round the Frame Awards Night, an event to celebrate short films. Guild members Ajay Brahmatmaj, Ishita Sengupta, Monika Rawal, Keyur Seta and Shilajit Mitra had an engaging conversation on why film criticism matters and how a critic views a film.
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
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3
Anupama Chopra
The Hollywood Reporter India
All 12 reviews of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 here
Singham Again
Bhawana Somaaya
92.7 Big FM
Singham Again recaps Ramayan in Rohit Shetty style
All 13 reviews of Singham Again here
Print/Online Reviews
Freedom at Midnight
Anuj Kumar
The Hindu
A pacy, layered account of Partition politics
All 11 reviews of Freedom at Midnight here
Silo S02
Sonal Pandya
Times Now, Zoom
Dystopian Sci-Fi Series With Rebecca Ferguson Deepens Mystery Of Outside World
Kanguva
Aditya Shrikrishna
(for OTT Play)
Independent Film Critic
Suriya's Kanguva Is A Flaming Mess
All 5 reviews of Kanguva here
Kanguva
Gopinath Rajendran
The Hindu
A fiery Suriya headlines Siva’s damp squib of a film
All 5 reviews of Kanguva here
Bhairathi Ranagal
Subha J. Rao
The News Minute
Shiva Rajkumar shines in a well-crafted but violent prequel to Mufti
All 2 reviews of Bhairathi Ranagal here
Against the Tide
Poulomi Das
(for HyperAllergic)
The Federal
A Tale of Two Indigenous Fishermen in Mumbai
Gladiator II
Tatsam Mukherjee
The Wire
Director Ridley Scott Goes Through the Motions, Retreading Old Ground
Freedom at Midnight
Srivathsan Nadadhur
(for Binged)
Independent Film Critic
A Sensitive, Well-crafted Show On The Politics Around Partition
All 11 reviews of Freedom at Midnight here
The Sabarmati Report
Shilajit Mitra
The Hindu
Vikrant Massey boards the propaganda train
All 3 reviews of The Sabarmati Report 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
