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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
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Loveyapa
Anmol Jamwal
Tried & Refused Productions (YouTube)
The Nepo Baby Problem
All 6 reviews of Loveyapa here
The Mehta Boys
Anupama Chopra
The Hollywood Reporter India
Despite its structural bumps, The Mehta Boys carries warmth, heart, and a performance-driven intimacy that makes it a poignant watch.
All 5 reviews of The Mehta Boys here
Print/Online Reviews
The White Lotus S03
Sonal Pandya
Times Now, Zoom

Star-Studded Anthology Series Returns With Slow-Moving Vacation Mystery
Bobby Aur Rishi Ki Love Story
Rahul Desai
The Hollywood Reporter India

The Death of the Hindi Romcom
Loveyapa
Shubhra Gupta
The Indian Express

Junaid Khan-Khushi Kapoor film lacks sizzle, wraps important stuff in oodles of banality
All 6 reviews of Loveyapa here
Loveyapa
Anuj Kumar
The Hindu

Junaid Khan and Khushi Kapoor toil in this shallow rom-com
All 6 reviews of Loveyapa here
Narayaneente Moonnaanmakkal
Kirubhakar Purushothaman
News 18

An Incredibly Moving Family Drama Of Homecoming
Mrs
Priyanka Roy
The Telegraph

Mrs is the kind of film that takes the best out of its source material and enhances it.
All 9 reviews of Mrs here
The Mehta Boys
Nonika Singh
The Tribune, Hollywood Reporter India

Complex Mehtaverse of father & son
All 5 reviews of The Mehta Boys here
The Mehta Boys
Uday Bhatia
Mint Lounge

Soft-edged drama lacks novelty
All 5 reviews of The Mehta Boys here
Thandel
Sangeetha Devi Dundoo
The Hindu

Sai Pallavi, Naga Chaitanya elevate a partly choppy romance saga
All 2 reviews of Thandel here
Bada Naam Karenge
Bharathi Pradhan
Lehren.com

Old Fashioned Storytelling
All 2 reviews of Bada Naam Karenge here
Thandel
Avinash Ramachandran
Indian Express

Naga Chaitanya, Sai Pallavi shoulder a layered romance but get bogged down by superficial drama
All 2 reviews of Thandel 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.
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Special Awards 2024

