2024 Thriller, Drama

Critics Review

2.50

Janhvi Kapoor Holds Her Own And Sails Through The Film

Ulajh isn't exactly a washout. A little more vitality and veracity might have done it a world of good and helped it become what it had the potential to be - a spy drama with a difference.(more)

Source: Saibal Chatterjee, NDTV Movies

2.50

Janhvi Kapoor is caught in an inept thriller

Janhvi Kapoor is a second-generation actor playing a third-generation diplomat. The film leans into this rather cheaply, mentioning �nepotism� early on. Kapoor is surrounded by a formidable secondary cast: Adil Hussain, Rajesh Tailang, Jitendra Joshi, Rajendra Gupta, Alyy Khan. Ulajh � co-written by Saria and Parveez Shaikh, with Atika Chouhan on dialogues � makes a point by depicting the world of high-end diplomacy as still oppressively male. Suhana is a fast-breathing, muscle-twitching role, and Kapoor conveys her mounting disorientation and self-doubt well. Yet the film doesn�t seem to trust its star, cutting in with an expository background score at crucial junctures, sullying the silences so paramount to thrillers.(more)

Source: Shilajit Mitra, The Hindu

3.00

An engaging watch despite some flaws

'Ulajh' makes for an engaging watch and the film leaves scope for a sequel and a cute new pairing.(more)

Source: Sreeparna Sengupta, Times Of India

2.00

Janhvi Kapoor film a damp squib, wastes fine ensemble cast on amateurish plot-line

The spy genre is a well-trodden path, but there�s always space for a slick flick with characters who make you believe in their twisted convictions and questionable actions. Here believability is sacrificed for contrivances, and staginess. How does Suhana, whom the script awards with sharp instincts right from the get-go, fall for the oldest trick in the book? Why are her interactions with the one she hero-worships written with such stiffness? How does an antagonistic colleague flip over to the other side in the space of a heart-beat?(more)