Kangana [Ranaut] keeps us watching. With her plain unvarnished face, and mobile features, she comes across as a real, solid, complex woman, someone you can reach out and touch.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 18, 2019

Somewhere between "Praful the film" and "Simran the Bollywood movie," a fatally self-aware actress might have overcooked her goose.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 1, 2019

Reserve this for a one-time watch as it's incredible to see Ranaut play a self-destructive rebel.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 27, 2018

What's interesting is that her Praful is never built as a role model. The filmmaker remains non-judgmental about her; the audience doesn't know what to make of her. I found that strangely liberating.

Full Review | Jul 10, 2018

Frankly, you can't emotionally invest in Simran or root for her as much as you want to. But when you watch the film, you will find yourself warming up to her occasionally, because she's all you've got. Let's give Kangana her due.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 28, 2018

Simran is a fine and fresh comedy. It does more to prove the leading lady's talent rather than entertain. But end of the day, it's a clean and happy film.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 26, 2017

... "Simran," only fulfills part of the promise.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Sep 22, 2017

Kangana Ranaut is one among a tiny percentage of Bollywood actresses who can carry a film on their own.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 20, 2017

The monomania that characterises Simran - the furtherance of the assertion that Kangana Ranaut can carry off just about anything - dooms the movie to repetition and facetiousness.

Full Review | Sep 15, 2017

All of it seems so self-indulgent that neither the film nor the protagonist is successful in making the audience empathise or identify with her.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Sep 15, 2017