Chhichhore (2019)

Movie · 2019 · Romance, Comedy, Drama · 2h 26m · HI

Curator score: 6.4/10 (97.5K ratings)

Kutte ki dum, tedhi ki tedhi

Overview

Following a group of friends from university as they progress into middle-age life and go their own separate ways.

Ratings

Director

Nitesh Tiwari

Production

Fox Star Studios, Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment

Cast

Sushant Singh Rajput, Shraddha Kapoor, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Varun Sharma, Naveen Polishetty, Tushar Pandey, Saharsh Kumar Shukla, Prateik Smita Patil, Mohammad Samad, Nalneesh Neel, Ranjan Raj, Shishir Sharma, Saanand Verma, Sunil Rajat, Rohit Chauhan

Curator Review

Verdict

A warm, crowd-pleasing dramedy about friendship, failure, and the pressure to succeed, with enough humor and emotional sincerity to land for most viewers. It does lean on familiar campus-comedy beats and a few broad stretches, but its heart, performances, and anti-hustle message make it easy to recommend.

Best for

  • viewers who like nostalgic college-to-adulthood stories
  • fans of emotional mainstream dramedies
  • people dealing with academic or career pressure
  • audiences who want a feel-good film with a serious message

Skip if

  • you want a tightly written, subtle drama
  • you are tired of broad campus comedy and flashback structure
  • you dislike inspirational messaging or sentimental payoffs
  • you are sensitive to casual sexist humor played for laughs

Overview

Chhichhore works best as a reminder that a movie can be messy, funny, and openly sentimental without losing its emotional target. The college sections are built for nostalgia and easy camaraderie, while the present-day storyline gives the film a more urgent, painful edge. That contrast is what keeps it moving: it wants to entertain, but it also wants to comfort.

Worth noting

The film’s central message about success, failure, and self-worth is simple, but it lands because the characters feel lived-in and the performances sell the banter. There are stretches that feel overfamiliar, and some of the humor around the boys’ behavior has aged unevenly, but the movie’s sincerity is hard to dismiss.

Bottom line

If you’re in the mood for a mainstream Hindi dramedy that mixes friendship, campus nostalgia, and a genuinely affecting emotional core, this is an easy watch. It may not be the sharpest film in the genre, but it is one of the more generous ones.

Top Letterboxd reviews

sofyan (4.5★) · 172 likes

"We are so engrossed in winning, losing, success and failure, that we have forgotten how to live our lives. The most important thing in life is life itself." One of the best movie in the year emotional and inspiring!! I loved it, Kudos to the cast!

Rudra (2★) · 147 likes

First,they should hire some good make up artist.

Michael James (3★) · 112 likes

A wholesome entertainer that provides good nostalgic fun with genuine heartwarming moments. Though it has its redundant cliches with a slightly overstretched runtime, the likability of its characters, cleverly written dialogues and a very much pertinent theme makes it for an engaging and satisfying watch. “You are more than your successes in life, and more than your failures.”“Pain can hurt us only when we let the pain hurt us.”“Your result doesn’t decide if you’re a loser or not,… more

Rupali (4★) · 112 likes

My biggest question is, how did sexa manage to get into IIT? 😭

whowatcheswhom (4★) · 66 likes

L.O.S.E.R.S. That's on my bucketlist. Actually? The whole hostel wala part is. Everything.This film laughs out while saying,“Beta, girega toh dard hoga, but utth ke hassna bhi zaroori hai.”The story walks this fine line between clownery and cosmic truth. One minute you’re laughing at Sexa’s tharki encyclopedia of magazines,the next you’re staring at Sushant’s eyes when he tells his son,“Winners toh sab enjoy karte hain, asli mazza toh losers ke safar mein hai",that’s a full-blown life mantra y'all,… more

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Topics

dramedy, college nostalgia, friendship, academic pressure, emotional, feel-good, coming-of-age, Hindi cinema, mainstream drama

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