Inspector Zende

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Inspector Zende

2025

1h 51m

Comedy

Drama

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An ingenious murderer, Carl Bhojraj, breaks out of prison, so determined Detective Zende chases the escapee once more through Mumbai.

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

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What could have been an amusing, clever, maybe even a sharp send-up of criminal folklore, is instead riddled with scant humour, muddled history and bargain basement production values.

Sep 9, 2025

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

...the attempt at a serio-comic tone falls flat with only an occasional leap or two, with the writing struggling to match the audacity of the criminal and the enterprise of his nemesis.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 6, 2025

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Rahul Desai

The Hollywood Reporter

A clumsy but watchable cop comedy.

Sep 5, 2025

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Akhil Arora

The Long Take Podcast

Inspector Zende, the new spoof movie starring Manoj Bajpayee and Jim Sarbh, succeeds as a concept but fails in execution.

Sep 29, 2025

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Tatsam Mukherjee

The Wire (INDIA)

Bajpayee is a great choice to play the titular role... he understands the drive that fuels such a long journey outside of tangible gains like promotions, increments, a glowing reputation among superiors and peers. It’s the joy of doing something they love

Sep 16, 2025

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Anuj Kumar

The Hindu

A string of heart-warming moments and a malleable Manoj Bajpayee keep one invested in this otherwise generic hunt for the Serpent.

Sep 13, 2025

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Ninad H

Most Bollywood movies that are supposed to be “comedy” are not that good. This movie is a prototype of those types of movies. Shoddy, unintelligent direction, awkward screen play, very few genuine laughs. Acting by Manoj Bajpai is good, most others are mediocre. Mostly the movie is bad because the director doesn’t quite understand how to do a comedy movie. He veers between serious situations and awkward, supposedly humorous situations. Result is a joyless, BORING mess of a movie.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/29/25

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Teena T

I have watched several films and series based on this particular character; however, this movie took a unique approach by telling the story in a comedic way, which initially grabbed my attention. Nevertheless, I feel that this presentation was inappropriate, especially since it is based on the true story of Inspector Madhukar Zende, a subject that I don't think has ever been explored before. The creators seemed to try to blend various genres, resulting in a somewhat disorganized, lengthy, and at times boring narrative. While the cast performed well, I wouldn’t say this is the worst film I’ve seen. However, it clearly had greater potential.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/12/25

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Uday P

Its spoof which depicts Inspector Zende as a cartoon character than a serious cop. First-time watchers will think Inspector Zende as a cop who accidentally arrested Sobhraj rather than with cop intelligence.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/12/25

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Mirza M

'Inspector Zende' is a light-hearted yet gripping chase thriller that remains throughout entertaining.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/10/25

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Nimesh U

I don’t know Why have they made this film. Wasted their resources, money & time & time of viewers too.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/08/25

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Trupti R

Subject is handled differently humours were nice liked the movie

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/07/25

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Chinmay Mandlekar

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Synopsis

An ingenious murderer, Carl Bhojraj, breaks out of prison, so determined Detective Zende chases the escapee once more through Mumbai.

Director: Chinmay Mandlekar
Producer: Om Raut, Jay Shewakramani
Screenwriter: Chinmay Mandlekar
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Retrophiles
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 5, 2025
Runtime: 1h 51m

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