Welcome To The Jungle – External Reviews

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by Sahelee Rakshit,

Bollywood Life

…If you’re looking for nuanced storytelling, deep themes or meaningful cinema, this may not be the film for you. But if your idea of a good time involves switching off your brain, gathering the family and enjoying a loud, unapologetically entertaining Bollywood comedy, Welcome To The Jungle delivers exactly what it promises….

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Deccan Chronicle

…Welcome To The Jungle is a loud, chaotic, and unapologetically commercial entertainer that understands exactly what it wants to be. It offers an entertaining mix of comedy, action, adventure, and pop-culture humour, making it an enjoyable big-screen outing. If you’re looking for a film that allows you to switch off your brain and simply have a good time, this one delivers exactly that. Grab some popcorn, gather your family or friends, and prepare for a fun-filled rollercoaster of madness….

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DNA

…The movie looks really good too. It is colorful and fun. The songs are good. They do not interrupt the movie. The music, in the background is good too. It makes the movie more fun….

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by Rachit Gupta,

Filmfare

…Welcome To The Jungle uses these bits of unconventional tidbits to make the conventional comedy more palatable. And in all fairness, it all comes together to make one silly but entertaining film….

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by Murtuza Iqbal,

Free Press Journal

…The songs of Welcome To The Jungle are strictly decent. Apart from Ghis Ghis and Ucha Lamba Kad Forever, no other song leaves a mark. Also, while Disha has tried her best in Ucha Lamba Kad Forever, we still missed Katrina Kaif a lot!…

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by Nitin Jain,

Glamsham.com

…Ultimately, Welcome To The Jungle succeeds because it never breaks its own promise. It knows exactly what it wants to be and commits wholeheartedly to that vision. It is loud, chaotic, exaggerated and completely unafraid of being over the top. If you walk in expecting realism, you are watching the wrong film….

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by Rishabh Suri,

Hindustan Times

…Overall, not every film needs to be profound. Some just need to entertain. Welcome To The Jungle understands that assignment from the outset and, despite an average finale, delivers enough laughs to make the ride worthwhile….

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by Twinkle Gupta,

India TV

…The songs of Welcome to the Jungle are average. Apart from “Ghis-Ghis” and “Uncha Lamba Kad Forever”, none of the tracks leave a strong impact. Even though Disha tries her best in “Uncha Lamba Kad Forever”, the absence of Katrina Kaif is felt. The songs by Vikram Montrose, Anand Raj Anand and Talwinder are also not particularly impressive….

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by Trisha Gaur,

koimoi

…Akshay Kumar needs a mention again as he steers the climax effortlessly with a double role none expected to be this funny! I know that making fun of disabilities can never be cool, but you need to see it to believe that it is done with an absolute sense of funny intent!…

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by Mayank Shekhar,

MiD DAY

…Frankly, this sort of screwball, slapstick stuff — whether timepass, or terrible, and this is the former — doesn’t merit a review. You enjoy it for the parts, rather than the whole, within a disjointed mess, and measure it by the number of laughs; even a few are good enough….

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Movie Talkies

…Overall, Welcome To The Jungle is an action-packed, adventurous comedy that fully commits to its chaotic vision. It’s loud, nonsensical, and unapologetically entertaining. If you’re in the mood for a carefree cinematic experience, this one deserves a big-screen watch with your family or friends. Sit back, switch off logic, and enjoy the madness—it’s a full-on blockbuster-style movie outing….

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by TITAS CHOWDHURY,

News18.com

…Basically, Welcome To The Jungle throws everything at the wall, right from meta humour, slapstick and nostalgia to action and gibberish, and somehow, enough of it sticks. There’s nothing that lies beneath the noise and it may not make sense, but then again, sense was never really the point. It works best when you surrender to its wild, logic-defying energy and simply go along for the ride….

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by Gayatri Nirmal,

Pinkvilla

…Your jaws will hurt from laughing, a complete family entertainer that brings back the magic of old-school Bollywood comedy….

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by Tanmayi Savadi,

Times Now

…Welcome To The Jungle should be watched without expecting logic. Better than most comedies, this film has some excellent scenes that could eventually become meme material and cult classics….

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by Subhash K Jha,

Bolly Spice

…Making a mindless comedy is not child’s play. It’s a lot more difficult than making mindful movies triggered by murky mayhem. Welcome To The Jungle is much more on-the-ball than it was expected to be. Not all the intended laughter hits target. But there’s enough to smile over, even if you don’t want to be caught doing so….

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by Vinamra Mathur,

FirstPost

…Welcome To The Jungle works more than it doesn’t due to its self-awareness. It’s a film that fully commits to its idiocy. It stops at nothing. It halts at nothing. We may not take back anything. But a smile amid the time of gloom also works if you can’t entirely guffaw….

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by Vineeta Kumar,

india today

…The screenplay keeps changing lanes. One minute it’s slapstick, the next it is action. Then romance. Then patriotism. Then terrorism. Then another explosion. By the end, the film seems as confused about its identity as the audience is about what exactly they have paid to watch. At one point, Rajpal’s Dev instructs the actors in his film-within-the-film to do whatever they want, move at their own pace and build the story themselves. The irony of that now….

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by Saibal Chatterjee,

NDTV

…The film gives an unwieldy cast the kind of freedom that only a muddled, overstuffed screenplay can. The actors stop at nothing, hamming it up like there is no tomorrow….

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by Aishani Biswas,

Outlook India

…Technically, the film looks polished enough. Ahmed Khan stages the large ensemble with reasonable confidence and manages to keep the action visually energetic. The production design is colourful and suitably larger than life, while the music blends comfortably into the film’s nostalgic tone. Yet the screenplay remains wildly uneven. The first half takes too long to settle and several characters exist without adding much to the story….

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by Sukanya Verma,

Rediff

…Comedy hits best when it’s genuinely committed to the dishonesty at play. Welcome To The Jungle’s moment of truth arrives when Akshay pleads ‘Hum sab bhand hain’ in the face of fear and power. If only the rest of this slog was as self-aware as this single scene….

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by Archika Khurana,

Times of India

…Welcome To The Jungle is not a flawless comedy. It is overcrowded, noisy and often indulgent. But despite its flaws, it manages to deliver enough laughs and entertaining moments to justify the ride. This is the kind of film that asks you to leave logic behind and simply surrender to the madness. If you enjoy chaotic ensemble comedies packed with slapstick humour— this jungle ride offers enough fun to keep you engaged….

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by Aakash Kumar,

Filmi Beat

…Overall, Welcome To The Jungle is a disappointing comedy that fails to live up to expectations. While Akshay Kumar and the supporting cast work hard to entertain, the weak screenplay, overcrowded narrative, and inconsistent humour prevent the film from becoming the laugh riot it aims to be. Fans of the franchise may find a few enjoyable moments, but the film ultimately falls short of delivering the classic Welcome experience….

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by Shubhra Gupta,

indian express

…Me, I don’t have any problem with dimaag occasionally being turned into dahi when I’m at such movies, because that’s the ask. Just don’t bore me….

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by Isha Sharma,

NewsBytes

…Skip this and re-watch ‘Welcome’ instead; 1.5/5 stars
Khan throws everything at the wall in the hope that something sticks, and the result is a bloated mess. Patani barely gets any dialogues, Lara Dutta has an excessively loud character, and several supporting actors get only a line or two. In one scene, an exasperated Rajeev asks, “Aye, comedy chal raha hai kya idhar?” The answer is a resounding no….

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Scroll.in

…Akshay Kumar exercises his privilege as one of the film’s co-producers and has far too many scenes to himself. Welcome to the Jungle tries to weave this hogging into the script, but the severely overstretched 164-minute movie isn’t that self-aware to carry it off….

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by Kartik Bhardwaj,

the new Indian Express

…Welcome To The Jungle is a ludicrous, hodgepodge of events which works only when the actors and the audience are in on the absurd. However, it is fun to see Akshay Kumar get down his saviour high-horse and improvise some funny bits. He is hilarious as an actor who wants to hog all the limelight. The meta-ness can be a tad-bit on the nose but Akshay sells it….

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by Agnivo Niyogi,

The Telegraph

…Yet throughout the film, one cannot help but miss the manic brilliance that Nana Patekar and Anil Kapoor brought to the earlier Welcome films. Their absence leaves a noticeable void that no amount of star power quite manages to fill….

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