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Gandhari Review Finds Trafficking Thriller Blurred and Contrived
Gandhari is a film about a mother searching for her kidnapped daughter.
The daughter is taken by a group involved in sex trafficking.
The mother, Bani, briefly loses her eyesight while chasing the kidnappers.
Even so, she keeps trying to rescue her child.
A police officer named Kabir is also supposed to stop the gang.
The gang’s leader plans to hide many girls before moving them elsewhere.
The review says the movie begins strongly but becomes confusing and slow.
It also says the story and police investigation do not feel believable.
The reviewer found the performances and twists less effective than the serious subject deserved.
Bani’s daughter Mishty is abducted by the Blackhole sex-trafficking gang in Joypurra.
Bani suffers temporary vision loss while pursuing the abductors but continues searching alone.
Police officer Kabir arrives to dismantle the gang and proposes cordoning off Joypurra.
The gang leader Dada plans to hide abducted girls in town before smuggling them out.
The review criticizes the film’s implausible plotting, weak investigation and ineffective performances.
- Who
- Bani, her husband Gokul, police officer Kabir, Bani’s mother Jhunu, and the Blackhole gang led by Dada.
- What
- The film follows efforts to rescue Mishty and other abducted girls from a child sex-trafficking operation.
- Where
- Joypurra town in Bengal.
- When
- The review discusses a 116-minute Netflix release identified in a cast caption as a 2026 film.
- Why
- Bani searches for Mishty after her abduction, while Kabir seeks to dismantle the Blackhole gang and stop its trafficking plan.
Key facts
- Film
- Gandhari
- Platform
- Netflix
- Runtime
- 116 minutes
- Director
- Devashish Makhija
- Writer and producer
- Kanika Dhillon
- Lead actor
- Taapsee Pannu as Bani
- Central threat
- The Blackhole gang’s child sex-trafficking operation
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