Stree

2018

2h 8m

Comedy

Horror

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79%

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14 Reviews

80%

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100+ Ratings

A town is held in the grip of terror by tales of a mysterious woman who calls men by their name and then abducts them, leaving their clothes behind.

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Anupama Chopra

Film Companion

With laughs and scares, Stree delivers an important message.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 31, 2018

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

Stree is enjoyable for the most part...About time Bollywood gave us a feminist ghost.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 31, 2018

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Namrata Joshi

The Hindu

On the good side, as in some of the recent Bollywood films, Stree has a quaint sense of place, eccentric characters, a few madcap sequences and some sharply written, consciously irreverent lines to keep one engaged.

Aug 31, 2018

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Poulomi Das

Arré

There's only so much an exciting premise can do for a bloated film that frequently loses its grip on its plot.

Mar 11, 2019

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Rahul Desai

Film Companion

Stree is about a ghoul that picks up lone men at night. But by the time the horror comedy finds its tone, the damage done by its jarring background score and pointless songs is irreversible.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 31, 2018

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Devesh Sharma

Filmfare

What keeps our interest alive is the dialogue, which is witty and earthy, and the lively performances.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 31, 2018

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Filled with a few genuine scares but more on the comic side, a good one time watch based on a fresh concept.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Back when this movie was announced I wasn't exactly interested in this film. I was expecting it to be like just another cheesy Bollywood horror-comedy film. The only Bollywood horror comedy that I actually liked was Go Goa Gone, and since that film went flop, I stopped trusting Bollywood horror comedies at all. But later on I heard many people telling how great this film is. It earned big on the box office, so I thought probably I could give this a try, and that's what I did. It was really nice. I do have some problems with it, which I will talk about later. But mostly it's "the" horror comedy movie that we'd normally expect the Indian film industry to make. And with the resources they have, they can make many such awesome ones without having to worry about the budget. Throughout the film I didn't even notice once that Shraddha Kapoor's character never had a name. I was thinking it must have been spoken but I didn't listen. And that clearly shows one thing about Indian films that I really like. They don't complicate stories the way Hollywood does. The story is always simple and to the point, with occasional exceptions coming from bad films. This film knows its characters well, it knows exactly what kind of a sense of humour is suited for a setting that it has, and is driven more by the characters than the actual story. Stree's backstory is a very emotional one, but at the same time when Vicky is waiting for her in a groom costume it's hilarious. The "friendship" jokes are right on spot and absolutely suit the setting of the story, and Vicky's relation with his father is also very relatable. Now like I said, I'm gonna talk about the things I didn't like in this film. First of all the very character of Stree. Her powers are very ambiguous. You don't know exactly what she's doing when she hypnotises her targets. Is she making their heads move or are they doing it voluntarily and she attacks them only if they copy her? Then her way of chasing them while levitating is also very badly done. It's so bad even I could make it better. I can understand they did it that way because it's a very low budget film, but I don't think it would be too much to ask for her to fly a bit more realistically. And whenever she flies, there's always a comedy music playing in the background, which completely undermines the tone of the movie. The other thing I didn't like about this film was the bad cinematography. Sometimes the camera becomes a bit too shaky, especially when the camera zooms in on the "O Stree come tomorrow" text. And speaking of that, the entire concept that Vicky pissed on the text while he was horny was a bit too "coincidential" (a word I use when things just happen to happen, like a mouse running on the keyboard to bring Ant-Man back in Endgame). Stree is one of the horror comedies I'd recommend to anyone who wants to have a look at Bollywood films and learn about the different genres and what the best films are in them. In my opinion it's a must-watch for everyone who is interested in horror-comedy and Indian films.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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One the the best comic thriller movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Superb moive! Rajkumar rao's performance is outstanding

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Horror-comedy is rare Hindi cinema, and 'Stree' is a more than worthy representative of the genre.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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'Stree' is easily one of the most compelling and brilliant films of the year. Directed with humour which is actually a feel-good comical joyride, and a story told with horror that's inspired, here is a film which entertains you as an audience like a good film does. It's a small-town Indian classic which carries poignant performances by Rajkumar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, Aparshakti Khurana and Abhishek Banerjee. Imbued with warmth and deep feminism, it's a valuable addition to the year-ender list of 2018. Just don't miss it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Amar Kaushik

Director

Rajkummar Rao

Vikrant "Vicky" Parashar

Shraddha Kapoor

Vicky's love interest

Pankaj Tripathy

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Aparshakti Khurana

Bittu

Abhishek Banerjee

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Synopsis

A town is held in the grip of terror by tales of a mysterious woman who calls men by their name and then abducts them, leaving their clothes behind.

Director: Amar Kaushik
Screenwriter: Raj Nidimoru, Krishna D.K.
Production Co: Maddock Films
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 7, 2019
Runtime: 2h 8m

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