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  Review by Hamza Khan ★★★★

  No one nails the art of playing a total scumbag quite like Girish Kulkarni, it’s like he was born for it.

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  Review by Michael James ★★★½ 2

  A gripping dark thriller from Anurag Kashyap, who smartly takes a straightforward kidnap situation, throws in some interestingly written ambiguous characters and manages to hold the suspense throughout, while at the same time reflecting on the various dark shades of emotions. The whodunit setup isn’t about its investigative thrills, but rather an exploration into the ugly moral psyche of humans, making it a much more interesting watch.

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  Review by Arsaib Gilbert ★★★★ 6

  [Favorites—2010s] [Anurag Kashyap: Ranked] [Indian Cinema: 2010s]

  It would be an understatement to say that Ugly more than lives up to its title. The latest from Anurag Kashyap, one of the finest Indian filmmakers working today, is set in a dark and decadent world filled with immoral, selfish and spiteful people, each desperately tying not only to outdo the other but also to overcome his or her own past failures—by any means necessary.

  There’s Ronit Roy’s police-chief Shoumik Bose, a chauvinistic and brutal individual who records his wife’s phone conversations and hasn’t forgotten about a slight he experienced years ago in college. There’s Rahul Bhat’s Rahul Kapoor, a struggling, indebted actor who is always willing to take his frustrations out…

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  Review by su_sain ★★★½ 14

  Can we say, Bagal mai chhora (chhori) , aur gaon mai dhindhora ??? 🤧

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  Review by Milez Das (Rohit Shivdas) ★★★★ 3

  Anurag Kashyap is right now Bollywood's most influential director. His last few films have changed the image of cinema in India. Independent movies are being made and even appreciated by the audience.

  Even as a Producer he has brought many great films to light. But Ugly is not a light movie...

  I missed the chance to watch this movie on the big screen. so I had to wait for a month and half to watch it on blu ray alone.

  Ugly is a story termed with selfishness, ego, money and politics. For the runtime of 140 minuted the movie revolves around it. It just get deeper and uglier and I had to accept that sometimes human's forget who they really…

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  Review by Goliwadekar ★★★★½ 4

  An immensely plausible tale of kidnapping gone very very wrong and the ramifications that follow.

  On a seemingly routine day, Kali, a ten year old child of divorce, is kidnapped from the crowded streets in broad daylight. Kali, literally meaning a flower bud, symbolises innocence and turns out to be the only one to suffers amidst the chaos that follows. People scarred by their traumatic past, a pathetic present and an uncertain future, come together to try and find her whereabouts. However, very early on it all takes a nasty turn leading to a very engaging and harrowing storyline.

  It all unfolds over the course of a few days. As is the case with kidnappings, with each passing day, the…

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  Review by HBSpade ★★★★½ 4

  It is probably a testament to Kashyap and his team’s film-making skill that Ugly remains gripping throughout its 2hr runtime, despite every. single. fucking. character being the kind that makes you immediately want to take a shower after coming into contact with them. It helps that he populates this film with a greater percentage of actors over mere children of actors.

  A 10-yr old girl goes missing, setting off a web of interlinked events involving the people in her immediate periphery.

  The father, a deadbeat wannabe actor, washed up before he ever began, taking his frustration out on everything around him; the mother, a soulless husk of a woman completely defeated by constant abuse from the men in her life…

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  Review by Homelander ★★★★

  the way this film explores the greed inside every human is disgusting and so fuckin true at the same time, the ending broke me, this is what cinema is.

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  Review by Shahzaann ★★★★

  There has never been a title so accurate.

  . Filled with amazing performances.Humans are so ugly.
  . This is Kashyap in his truest essence.
  . Kashyap as a writer is brilliant.
  . Such a powerful climax.Absolute chills.Excellent music.
  . Well there are some loop holes to the plot, and it gets messy at places, still a worth watch for people who love thrilers.

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  Review by nik0teen ★★★★

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  Review by Rabbani Shaikh ★★★★ 2

  Yep it is ugly
  

  "Mere phone mai kyu nahi aata, papa calling?"

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  Review by olivia ★★★ 9

  crazy how the most messed up and abusive person in this movie is also the least evil out of all the characters ... a truly illuminating case study of the "ugliness" of the world, hence the reason for the movie title, i'm guessing. the plot is convoluted and there are entirely too many subplots and characters to remember, but the emotional beats still do hit like they're supposed to, and the conclusion will haunt you in the end.