Read the Bala Movie Reviews Starring Ayushmann Khurrana, Bhumi Pednekar, Yami Gautam, Javed Jaffrey, Saurabh Shukla.
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Director: Amar Kaushik
Producer: Dinesh Vijan
Writer: Niren Bhatt, Ravi Muppa, Pavel Bhattacharjee
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 7 November 2019
Monika Rawal Kukreja | Hindustan Times: 3/5Film is bold and beautiful, and a bit unsettling. Ayushmann Khurrana delivers a hilarious film that is also empathetic ... Full Review
Ronak Kotecha | Times of India: 4/5Bala remains a light-hearted comedy with situations that are relatable. Just like the film’s message, 'Bala' is beautiful even with its flaws, and never fails to entertain ... Full Review
Shubra Gupta | The Indian Express: 3.5/5Ayushmann Khurrana’s Bala is an achievement. He’s perfected the art of playing people who are not instantly likeable, and he works the characters’ kinks to the point where we can see them, and yet sympathise ... Full Review
Priyanka Sinha Jha | News18: 3/5Bala certainly gets your attention but does not manage to sweep you off your feet ... Full Review
Saibal Chatterjee | NDTV: 3/5Film Is Laced With Wit And Humour. It is undoubtedly Ayushmann's film but Bhumi Pednekar and Yami Gautam play second fiddle with aplomb ... Full Review
Bollywood Hungama: 3.5/5BALA not only entertains thoroughly but also delivers a very important message that will surely be lapped up by the audiences ... Full Review
Umesh Punwani | Koimoi: 4/5The story rises way above talking about premature baldness or skin-shaming, it talks about accepting yourself the way you are ... Full Review
Sukanya Verma | Rediff: 3.5/5Nimble humour, shuddh desi zingers, refreshing flippancy and a lively blend of small-town quirk and orthodoxy ... Full Review
Jyoti Kanyal | India Today: 4/5Bala is not just a celebration of Bollywood but also its critique, which questions the stereotypes set by our cinema about beauty. The film exudes a feel-good warmth you were waiting for, for so long ... Full Review
Mayank Shekhar | Mid-Day: 3.5/5It's almost as if Bala has been designed to clear every headspace and leg/elbow room for the leading man Ayushmann Khurrana to spread his wings and fly. And boy, does he shine! ... Full Review
Devesh Sharma | Filmfare: 4/5The angst, the insecurity felt by him is almost palpable. Cause-based films do bring out the best in him and the question is how long his romance with such subjects would continue ... Full Review
Gaurang Chauhan | Times Now News: 4/5Ayushmann Khurrana delivers yet another quirky entertainer; Yami Gautam is a revelation ... Full Review
Vishal Verma | Glamsham: 4/5Witty & densely woven gem on love, humanity & acceptance ... Full Review
Susri Sahu | Bollywood Life: 3.5/5Ayushmann Khurrana and his 'bald' wisecracks will leave you clean bowled. Ayushmann, Bhumi Pednekar and Yami Gautam lift up the film with their performances. The terrific one-liners will make you laugh ... Full Review
Ambica Sachin | Khaleej Times: 3.5/5A feel-good comedy that tackles premature hair loss. The movie is a highly entertaining movie that will definitely make you laugh out loud ... Full Review
Sonal Gera | India TV: 4/5Bala is just like its characters -- flawed but awesome.....flawsome. Watch it for some introspection, and of course, for the pleasure of seeing Ayushmann Khurrana do what he does best -- being extraordinarily ordinary -- and in (in all likeliness) his seventh consecutive hit ... Full Review
Radhika Sarkar | Republic World: 3/5The star is its writing! Filled with punches, one-liners and impactful dialogues that are sure to leave you both chuckling and thinking hard about society's perspective on various day to day things ... Full Review
Vaibhavi V Risbood | PinkVilla: 3.5/5It is a reflection of society’s colour, gender and class discrimination told through an engaging and entertaining light-hearted script ... Full Review
Suparno Sarkar | IB Times: 3.5/5Bala is an out-and-out entertainer that makes you laugh and at the same time see an evil side of the society ... Full Review
Apoorva Nijhara | MenXP: 3.5/5Bala is a light-hearted comedy that hits the bullseye with the message being loud and clear, which is to accept the real you and overcome the fear of body shaming ... Full Review
Mayur Sanap | Asian Age: 3.5/5Amar Kaushik handles a very real and sensitive issue in a mature and sensitive way which never once interferes with the comedy on screen ... Full Review
IANS | Free Press Journal: 3.5/5Bala in every sense, is a rare Bollywood film that can be credited as a writer's triumph first and foremost, for the way it manages to retain contextual depth despite never losing out on humour ... Full Review
Nandini Ramnath | Scroll: 2.5/5Despite the repetitiveness that has become a part of Khurrana’s shtick, Bala’s pathos breaks through the jokes and barbs. In this clever reworking of the fairy-tale about the prince, the princess and the ogre, Khurrana’s Bala suggests a hero who is also something of a villain ... Full Review
Kennith Rosario | The Hindu: 2/5A hollow film combed over with humour. While nailing the finer and linguistic details, Ayushmann Khurrana’s latest falls into the old traps of predictable character arcs, shallow ‘woke’ arguments and didactic climax ... Full Review
Economic Times: 4/5Ayushmann Khurrana owns every scene, Bhumi Pednekar's dark-skinned make-up looks unconvincing. 'Bald' with the right amount of 'Beautiful' ... Full Review
Rajeev Masand | News18: 3.5/5Ayushmann Khurrana, who’s cornered the market when it comes to playing flawed, insecure men with confidence issues, continues his winning streak with Bala ... Full Review
Anna MM Vetticad | FirstPost: 2.5/5Ayushmann-Bhumi crackle and pop while slamming bias...till the film reveals its own prejudice ... Full Review
Ankur Pathak | The Huffington Post: 3/5Ayushmann Khurrana's Film Is A Delightful Parody On Bollywood. The biggest revelation of Amar Kaushik's Bala is Yami Gautam ... Full Review
Uday Bhatia | Live Mint: 3/5Khurrana continues to be one of the few Hindi actors willing to play unlikable losers. He mixes that up with wig-wearing hero here, but it’s Bala's insecurities that make for the best scenes ... Full Review
Manjusha Radhakrishnan | Gulf News: 3.5/5Ayushmann Khurrana delivers an endearing performance. Actor injects much-needed vulnerability to the character obsessed with his balding ... Full Review
Shilajit Mitra | The New Indian Express: 3.5/5Hindi cinema hasn’t yet lost its bite. At every beat, 'Bala' is a reflection on unabashed fandom, the curious ways it can both limit and expand our emotional grammar ... Full Review
IANS | Sify: 3.5/5Ayushmann delivers another blockbuster!. Bala is pure gold! ... Full Review
Pankaj Shukla | Amar Ujala: 3.5/5संगीत थोड़ा कमजोर है लेकिन फिल्म की जीत है इसके किरदारों का संपूर्ण न होना। हर किरदार में कोई न कोई खामी है लेकिन सब मिलकर एक संपूर्ण फिल्म बनाने में सफल रहते हैं। ... Full Review
Behind Woods: 2.75/5Ayushman's performance and the situational humour makes Bala a good watch ... Full Review
Jagran: 3.5/5कुल मिलाकर बाला एक मनोरंजक फिल्म है जो बॉडी शमिंग जैसे संवेदनशील मुद्दे पर बनी है और उसे उस संजीदगी के साथ बनाया भी गया है। आप इस फिल्म का आनंद सपरिवार ले सकते हैं। ... Full Review
Tanul Thakur | The Wire: 2/5A Performative Film That Lacks Self-Awareness. There is a wide chasm between its self-congratulatory, 'noble' message and its weak and simplistic story ... Full Review
Silver Screen: 2/5‘Bala’ Is A Hypocritical Film About An Egotistic Man And A Woman Wearing Dark Make Up Lecturing Us About Accepting Ourselves ... Full Review
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