Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- irreverent
- warm
- lazy weekend
- friends night
What critics said
Critics and audiences found the film an entertaining but uneven Hindi comedy-drama, with its music receiving especially favorable attention.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Hunny, Choocha, Lali, and Zafar pursue admission, money, and status through increasingly precarious college-related schemes.
The central quartet remains bound together through academic insecurity, romantic complications, and dangerous schemes.
College parties, festivals, exams, admissions, and status anxieties shape the characters' everyday world.
The protagonists' attempts to make extra money lead them into bizarre situations involving Bholi Punjaban and escalating danger.
Films like Fukrey, and why
3 Idiots
Hindi college comedy centered on reckless friendship, schemes, and money troubles
Delhi Belly
Indian buddy comedy combining youthful mischief, romance, and an ensemble of eccentric friends
Khosla Ka Ghosla!
Hindi comedy-drama about flawed young people navigating friendship, ambition, and chaotic circumstances
Movie Details
- Director
- Mrighdeep Singh Lamba
- Release Date
- 2013-06-14
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (77)
Cast
- Pulkit Samrat
- Varun Sharma
- Manjot Singh
- Ali Fazal
- Richa Chadha
- Vishakha Singh
- Priya Anand
- Pankaj Tripathi
- Tejeshwar Singh
- Mehak Manwani
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
- Rent
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Fukrey about?
- Four underachieving college friends chase admission, money, and romance through a wildly improvised scheme that tests the limits of their loyalty.
- What is Fukrey like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Fukrey as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Fukrey violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Fukrey as mild.
- What did critics think of Fukrey?
- Critics and audiences found the film an entertaining but uneven Hindi comedy-drama, with its music receiving especially favorable attention.
- Which films are like Fukrey?
- Films with a similar feel include 3 Idiots, Delhi Belly, and Khosla Ka Ghosla!.
- How long is Fukrey?
- Fukrey runs 137 minutes.
- Where can I watch Fukrey?
- In United States, Fukrey streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
