Blackout (2024 film)

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Blackout
Blackout Poster.jpg
Official release poster
Directed byDevang Shashin Bhavsar
Written by
  • Story & Screenplay:
  • Devang Shashin Bhavsar
  • Dialogues:
  • Abbas Dalal
  • Hussain Dalal
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAnubhav Bansal
Edited byUnnikrishnan Payoor Parameswaran
Music bySongs:
Vishal Mishra
Background Score:
John Stewart Eduri
Production
companies
11:11 Productions
Jio Studios
Distributed by JioCinema
Release date
  • 7 June 2024 (2024-06-07)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Blackout is a 2024 Hindi-language thriller film directed by Devang Shashin Bhavsar and produced by Jyoti Deshpande and Niraj Kothari. It stars Vikrant Massey, Ruhani Sharma, Sunil Grover, Mouni Roy, Jisshu Sengupta, Anant Vijay Joshi, Prasad Oak, Kelly Dorji and others. [1] [2] [3] The film was released on 7 June 2024 on JioCinema, to mixed reviews from critics.

Contents

Cast

Music

The soundtrack is composed and written by Vishal Mishra. The Background Score is composed by John Stewart Eduri.

Blackout
Soundtrack album by
Released15 June 2024 (2024-06-15)
Recorded2023–2024
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length9:28
Language Hindi
Label Panorama Music
Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Chitralekha" Vishal Mishra 2:52
2."Kya Hua"Vishal Mishra4:35
3."Chor"Vishal Mishra, Suraj Jagan 3:21
Total length:09:28

Release

The film was released on 7 June 2024 on OTT platform JioCinema. [4]

Reception

Reviewing for NDTV , Saibal Chatterjee rated the film 1 star and opined, "The film is so ham-fisted that it takes no more than ten minutes to give itself away." [5]

Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express rated 0.5 stars and wrote "It makes you wonder if anyone involved in this enterprise knows anything from anything: a premise also needs execution." [6]

Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com rated the film 2 stars and opined "That Blackout isn't done with its introductions until interval point tells how chaotic the storytelling is. Truly though it's the lack of wit and bonhomie that puts a spoke in its wheel." [7]

Mahpara Kabir of ABP News rated 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote "The most compelling aspect of the film is its constant unpredictability, which entertains and keeps the audience hooked until the very end." [8]

Monika Rawal Kukreja of Hindustan Times stated "You’d overlook the poor execution if this bunch entertained, they don’t. Sadly, nothing works in the film's favour." [9]

Sana Farzeen for India Today rated 2 stars and stated "The film only manages to tickle the funny bone towards the last 10 minutes when all loose ends are tied." [10]

Simran Khan for Times Now rated 3 stars and wrote "The dialogues are funny enough to make you laugh, but the twists are so obvious that you're never on the edge of your seat, which is crucial for a crime thriller." [11]

Ganesh Aaglave for Firstpost rated 3 stars and wrote "Vikrant Massey acts well as Lenny but the show stealer is Sunil Grover as Bewdya aka Asghar Bhai. Mouni and Jisshu Sengupta have done what was expected of them." [12]

Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in stated "The 122-minute film is set over a single night that seems like several compressed nights." [13]

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