Average Ratings:3.31/5
Score: 83% Positive
Reviews Counted:8
Positive:6
Neutral:1
Negative:1
Ratings:3.5/5 Review By: Rajeev Masand Site: News18
Above everything else this is a wildly original film with a look and feel that is of the highest standard. The middle portion is long drawn and flabby, and there were times I found myself scratching my head unable to keep up. But these are minor grumblings. Tumbbad employs the mythology of the monster and the curse as a kind of allegory for the history of India. Its a big, bold idea that it doesnt entirely pull off, but you have to admire the ambition.If you have an appetite for the experimental, give this film a chance. Im going with three-and-a-half out of five
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Ratings:4/5 Review By: Anupama Chopra Site: Filmcompanion
Tumbbad is a mysterious and magical movie. The story spans generations and decades we begin in 1918 and end a little after Independence. The overarching theme is greed but we also witness corruption and betrayal, decadence and death. And what is it? There is horror and fantasy. But the film also works as a grim morality tale. You know how marketing folks entice you with the promise youve never seen anything like this before. Well, youve truly never seen anything like this before at least in Hindi cinema. The closest parallel I could think of was Guillermo del Toros cinematic universe, with intriguing monsters and human beings who are monsters.
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Ratings:3.5/5 Review By: Shubhra Gupta Site: Indian Express
Tumbbad is a moody and atmospheric film. Some viewers may find the film a little too deep and disturbing, but fans of Hollywood horror films will be reminded of memorable movies in the genre like Pans Labyrinth (2006) and Eraserhead (1977). This one is genuinely scary.
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Ratings:2/5 Review By: Sreehari Site: Rediff
I occasionally got the feeling that perhaps the movie needed a grander lead (someone who could tower over the landscape and then slowly shrink down) but Sohum Shah does very well.The parable of Tumbbad is out to de-humanise Vinayak Rao, but Sohum Shah preserves his humanity. The film is straight Church Work. But Shah keeps even his curses close to prayers.
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Ratings:4/5 Review By: Rachit Gupta Site: Times Of India
Tumbbad is a moody and atmospheric film. Some viewers may find the film a little too deep and disturbing, but fans of Hollywood horror films will be reminded of memorable movies in the genre like Pans Labyrinth (2006) and Eraserhead (1977). This one is genuinely scary.
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Ratings:3.5/5 Review By: Kunal Guha Site: Mumbai Mirror
An issue with Indian horrors has been lack of imagination. A treasure chest that offers a gateway into a goddess womb, a cursed undead whose heart beats even while the body has disintegrated and several such constructs cover this concern. Writers Mitesh Shah, Adesh Prasad, Anand Gandhi and Rahi Anil Barve (also the director), deserve due credit. What doesnt kill you, makes you more resilient. And if you survive the version of Beelzebub in this film, you surely have the liver for heart-pounding horror.
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Ratings:2.5/5 Review By: Amman Site: Timesnow
But Tumbbad, unfortunately, works only in separate parts. At times, it is a fascinating historical anecdote that brings you to the edge of your seat. On other occasions, it is the superlative VFX that takes you by surprise. If not that, you can simply marvel at the first-rate sound design and cinematography. However, Tumbbad, as a whole, fails to go beyond the average.
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Ratings:3.5/5 Review By: Anna Site: Firstpost
The end result of this collaboration is a somewhat indefinable film. Greed is the overriding theme. On the face of it, it is a horror flick with a folksy feel, a sort of fantastical desi retelling of The Goose That Laid The Golden Eggs. Yet when at one point the leading man goes hunting for hidden gems, he enters what appears to be the pulsating insides of an orifice in a human body, giving Tumbbad its allegorical resonance. Is he in a cave or within the mind of another being or…? It could be one or more of many options. The joy of watching Tumbbad comes from the fact that Barve and his co-writers offer no answers, making this a delightfully intriguing film.
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