Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- tense
- disturbing
- provocative
- late night thriller viewing
- bollywood movie night
What critics said
Critics generally found the story and social commentary effective, while faulting the film for keeping its treatment of ragging insufficiently explicit.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Vivaan and Siya are invited to play a truth-based game whose questions become instruments of control and survival.
The game’s apparent entertainment premise gradually reveals a punitive response to past abuse and injustice.
The film links its survival-game structure to the social issue of ragging and the suppression of accountability.
The couple’s exotic Fiji holiday becomes a confined survival environment rather than an escape.
Films like Table No. 21, and why
The Hunger Games
Shared death-game premise, escalating survival tension, and moral reckoning.
Saw
Shared engineered survival game, psychological pressure, and social critique.
Would You Rather
Shared vacation setting that turns into a coercive thriller built around hidden truths.
Movie Details
- Director
- Aditya Datt
- Release Date
- 2013-01-03
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (86)
Cast
- Paresh Rawal
- Rajeev Khandelwal
- Tina Desai
- Dhruv Ganesh
- Asheesh Kapur
- Sana Amin Sheikh
- Nishant Malkani
- Hanif Hilal
- Gulam Gouse Deewani
- Ankit
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Brew, Eros Now Select Apple TV channel
- 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 Table No. 21 about?
- An ordinary couple’s dream Fiji holiday becomes a coercive truth game where survival depends on confronting buried wrongdoing.
- What is Table No. 21 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Table No. 21 as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Table No. 21 violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Table No. 21 as moderate.
- What did critics think of Table No. 21?
- Critics generally found the story and social commentary effective, while faulting the film for keeping its treatment of ragging insufficiently explicit.
- Which films are like Table No. 21?
- Films with a similar feel include The Hunger Games, Saw, and Would You Rather.
- How long is Table No. 21?
- Table No. 21 runs 108 minutes.
- Where can I watch Table No. 21?
- In United States, Table No. 21 streams on Brew, Eros Now Select Apple TV channel.
