Rohan Naahar
Rohan Naahar is an assistant editor at Indian Express online. He covers pop-culture across formats and mediums. He is a 'Rotten Tomatoes-approved' critic and a member of the Film Critics Guild of India. He previously worked with the Hindustan Times, where he wrote hundreds of film and television reviews, produced videos, and interviewed the biggest names in Indian and international cinema. At the Express, he writes a column titled Post Credits Scene, and has hosted a podcast called Movie Police....Read More
Rohan Naahar is an assistant editor at Indian Express online. He covers pop-culture across formats and mediums. He is a 'Rotten Tomatoes-approved' critic and a member of the Film Critics Guild of India. He previously worked with the Hindustan Times, where he wrote hundreds of film and television reviews, produced videos, and interviewed the biggest names in Indian and international cinema. At the Express, he writes a column titled Post Credits Scene, and has hosted a podcast called Movie Police.
You can find him on X at @RohanNaahar, and write to him at rohan.naahar@indianexpress.com. He is also on LinkedIn and Instagram.

- Years of experience: 9+
- Qualification, Degrees / other achievements: Master's in Journalism and Mass Communication, Bachelor's in English Literature
- Previous experience: Hindustan Times
Articles by Rohan Naahar

Highest 2 Lowest movie review: Dazzling Denzel Washington performance takes Spike Lee’s latest joint to the next level
Sep 06, 2025 11:36 IST
Highest 2 Lowest movie review: Reuniting with the great Spike Lee, Denzel Washington delivers one...
Sat, Sep 06, 2025
Vice is Broke movie review: Eddie Huang’s hit-piece/hate-piece chokes the voice of a generation
Sep 04, 2025 08:05 IST
Vice is Broke movie review: A cautionary tale about greed that occasionally resembles a personal...
Thu, Sep 04, 2025
Unknown Number – The High School Catfish movie review: An outrageous true crime story gets peak Netflix treatment
Sep 03, 2025 08:01 IST
Unknown Number - The High School Catfish movie review: Netflix's new true crime film narrates a...
Wed, Sep 03, 2025
Maareesan: Fahadh Faasil’s film fools you into forgiving terrible crimes with its farfetched plot twist
Aug 30, 2025 08:55 IST
Post Credits Scene: Starring Fahadh Faasil and Vadivelu, the Tamil-language film Maareesan...
Sat, Aug 30, 2025
Maa: In case you didn’t know killing babies is wrong, Kajol’s movie is here to educate you; phew
Aug 28, 2025 08:06 IST
Post Credits Scene: It would be a stretch to even describe Maa as a horror film, seeing how far it...
Thu, Aug 28, 2025
Saare Jahan Se Accha: Netflix sabotages Suhail Nayyar’s performance; humiliates Tillotama Shome by editing her scenes out
Aug 23, 2025 09:15 IST
Post Credits Scene: Netflix's new spy drama, Saare Jahan Se Accha, feels like it has been edited by...
Sat, Aug 23, 2025
The Map that Leads to You movie review: Like Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani with a Schengen visa
Aug 22, 2025 08:04 IST
The Map that Leads to You movie review: Prime Video's sappy romantic drama, starring Madelyn Cline...
Fri, Aug 22, 2025
Tehran: John Abraham’s geopolitical thriller isn’t smarter than a fifth grader, no matter how many newspapers it reads
Aug 21, 2025 08:07 IST
Post Credits Scene: John Abraham has perfected the art of remaining apolitical, even when he's...
Fri, Aug 22, 2025
Night Always Comes movie review: Vanessa Kirby wouldn’t look like a mess even if she tried, and this hurts her Netflix thriller
Aug 20, 2025 08:05 IST
Night Always Comes movie review: A handsomely manicured movie about the grimy realities of the...
Wed, Aug 20, 2025
Fixed movie review: Utterly deranged, it’s perhaps the only cartoon film that could realistically be banned by the CBFC
Aug 15, 2025 14:56 IST
Fixed movie review: From the legendary animator Genndy Tartakovsky, the man behind childhood...
Fri, Aug 15, 2025
Weapons: Indian directors are more terrified of making meaningful horror movies than you are of watching them
Aug 15, 2025 07:55 IST
Post Credits Scene: There is a grave idea at the core of Weapons: what is worse; the grief of...
Fri, Aug 15, 2025
Materialists: Dakota Johnson plays the world’s biggest red flag in Celine Song’s misguided rom-com; she should be banned from dating anybody
Aug 13, 2025 08:04 IST
Post Credits Scene: Writer-director Celine Song's Materialists can't distance itself from the...
Wed, Aug 13, 2025
Sitaare Zameen Par: If you need Aamir Khan to manipulate you into being a good person, maybe you’re beyond redemption
Aug 09, 2025 10:24 IST
Post Credits Scene: Sitaare Zameen Par asks its audience to get behind a particularly nasty man...
Sat, Aug 09, 2025
Dhadak 2: Shazia Iqbal destroys ancient Bollywood Dharma in the best Karan Johar production since JigraSubscriber Only
Aug 07, 2025 08:07 IST
Post Credits Scene: It's an unusual comparison to make, but Shazia Iqbal's Dhadak 2 has more in...
Thu, Aug 07, 2025
My Oxford Year movie review: Netflix’s Saiyaara-coded weepy is no better than a Mohit Suri movieSubscriber Only
Aug 06, 2025 08:04 IST
My Oxford Year movie review: Although Netflix's new romantic drama is presented through a female...
Wed, Aug 06, 2025
Chief of War review: Breathtakingly beautiful, Jason Momoa’s Apple show is like a political alliance between Avatar and Black PantherSubscriber Only
Aug 01, 2025 08:05 IST
Chief of War review: Epic and exotic; daring yet dignified, Jason Momoa's Chief of War is yet...
Fri, Aug 01, 2025
Nightbitch movie review: Don’t let Suniel Shetty watch Amy Adams’ horror-comedy about motherhood; he won’t like itSubscriber Only
Aug 01, 2025 08:05 IST
Nightbitch movie review: In her harebrained horror comedy, the six-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams...
Fri, Aug 01, 2025
Sarzameen: Ibrahim Ali Khan’s terrible film accidentally gets you to root for a terrorist to kill a soldier, and you can’t even deny itSubscriber Only
Jul 28, 2025 08:05 IST
Post Credits Scene: Co-produced by Karan Johar, Sarzameen feels like it was butchered beyond...
Tue, Jul 29, 2025
Ronth: Bleak Malayalam gem burns Bollywood at the stake with its harrowing and haunting final 20 minutesSubscriber Only
Jul 25, 2025 08:00 IST
Post Credits Scene: Not a single person in Bollywood would've had the patience or the palate for...
Fri, Jul 25, 2025
Vir Das Fool Volume review: Shah Rukh Khan-approved comedian struggles against constraints in self-deprecating and self-indulgent Netflix stand-up specialSubscriber Only
Jul 18, 2025 15:47 IST
Vir Das Fool Volume review: Between jokes about duck sex, Kangana Ranaut, and the moral bankruptcy...
Fri, Jul 18, 2025
Superman: James Gunn’s idea of an India-coded country is regressive and riddled with stereotypes; the Man of Steel wouldn’t stand for itSubscriber Only
Jul 17, 2025 08:00 IST
Post Credits Scene: Even by superhero movie standards, which aren’t as low as you’d think,...
Thu, Jul 17, 2025
Narivetta: They won’t let you watch the shadow-banned Santosh, so you should watch Tovino Thomas’ blazing new film 10 times as revengeSubscriber Only
Jul 16, 2025 07:58 IST
Post Credits Scene: A more populist companion piece to Sandhya Suri's Santosh, Tovino Thomas'...
Wed, Jul 16, 2025
Thug Life: They murdered the wrong character at the end of Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam’s ghastly gangster drama; why in the world did they do that?Subscriber Only
Jul 12, 2025 07:58 IST
Post Credits Scene: Even after 40 years, Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan's obsession with The...
Sat, Jul 12, 2025
How to Have Sex review: A disturbing companion piece to Netflix’s Adolescence, one of the best films of the yearSubscriber Only
Jul 11, 2025 08:07 IST
How to Have Sex movie review: A disturbing companion piece to Netflix's Adolescence; director Molly...
Sat, Jul 12, 2025
Pyaasa: Guru Dutt made the original ‘broke man propaganda’ movie, but it was also a cry for help that nobody answeredSubscriber Only
Jul 10, 2025 08:03 IST
Post Credits Scene: Ask yourself this, why are the two most popular archetypes in Indian cinema the...
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