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Wild Wild Punjab

10 July 2024HindiorigPunjabi1h 51m

What critics are saying

Critical reception for Wild Wild Punjab is mixed, with the majority of reviewers placing it in watchable but unremarkable territory.

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Four friends road-trip across Punjab to help one of them get over an ex-girlfriend, but are quickly caught in a fiasco like no other.

Critic Consensus

Critical reception for Wild Wild Punjab is mixed, with the majority of reviewers placing it in watchable but unremarkable territory. Some critics praised it as a wholesome, consistently entertaining comedy that captures a raw, humorous side of Punjab, while others found it overly reliant on stereotypes of Punjabi characters and strained in its execution of comedic chaos. Common criticisms include ham-fisted gags, inane one-liners, and an excess of crude humor, though several reviewers acknowledged it as a passable one-time watch, particularly for casual viewing.

4 rated reviews · 1 positive · 2 mixed · 1 negative

Praised: consistent entertainment and comedic energyCriticised: stereotypes and strained crude humor

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Critic Reviews (6)

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Shubhra GuptaTop Critic· Indian Express
3.0
Wild Wild Punjab is nothing but a series of stereotypes about Punjabi 'mundas', and 'kudis': loud, brash, large-hearted, impulsive, pumped up on bravado and idiocy, doing the hook-up-break-up-drinking-shinking-bhangra-shangra-thing, with at least one monster SUV in the entourage, awash in noisome fart jokes and fluids from all sorts of nether parts. If you can bear to think of 'Fukrey' lite, this is it.
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Archika Khurana· Times Of India
7.0
Wild Wild Punjab is an entertaining but bumpy trip of misadventures.
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Deepa Gahlot· Rediff
5.0
This is the kind of film to watch with friends and maybe a six-pack. It has some risqué bits but nothing so vulgar that the pause button would need to be hit if Mummyji walks into the room.
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5.0
It may not be good-good, but it certainly isn't bad-bad! Most direct-to-OTT films fall in the pathetic / boring / sleep-inducing category and a Maharaj or Amar Singh Chamkila are rare. So is the case with good humor-fests. So, we can safely have a one-time watch for this film.
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Monika Rawal Kukreja· Hindustan Times
Not rated
Wild Wild Punjab is a wholesome entertainer devoid of any dull moments. The comedy of errors consistently plays with situations that lead to chaos one after the other. Capturing the essence of Punjab -- unlike how we have seen in Imtiaz Ali films so far -- this film brings raw and wild humour that we have missed in a long time.
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Shilajit Mitra· The Hindu
Not rated
The rest of Simarpreet Singh's film is oddly strained and docile, a blur of ham-fisted hi-jinks and inane one-liners. Wild Wild Punjab runs low on horsepower and horseplay, with the director struggling to choreograph the levels of comedic chaos he clearly aspires to.
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Release Date
10 July 2024
Runtime
1h 51m
Languages
Hindiorig, Punjabi

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