Critics have been raving about Varun Dhawan and Banita Sandhu's October. The film has been getting a pretty good response from the viewers, too. It's definitely one film that you must watch this weekend. Our in-house critic, Sreeju Sudhakaran was also quite impressed with Shoojit Sircar's film and called it one of Varun's best films so far. A lot of critics have said that the film is an unusual love story and not one of your mainstream romantic tales. The writing, direction, acting, everything has been talked about by critics.

In Latestly's review of October, Sreeju wrote,"October can boast of Varun Dhawan's most interesting, finest performance till date. His performance adds a lovely hue to what can be seen as Shoojit Sircar's dreamy take on life, love and death. Normal cine-goers might find the snail-pace proceedings difficult to ingest. October is a palatable fare to those with a taste for cinema that goes beyond mainstream." Madhureeta Mukherjee from Times Of India writes, "Shoojit’s October says a lot, without saying too much. Yes, it is a film about love, seen from Dan’s pure and simple world-view and Shuili’s silent, stoic stares. It’s not a story crafted with heavy doses of dialogues, romantic ballads or bombastic tropes common to the genre. The beauty lies in the simplicity of it all." (ALSO READ: October Showcases Varun Dhawan's Brilliance as an Actor with Diverse Range; But Will Box Office Do Him Justice?)

Rohit Vats of Hindustan Times feels, "Calling October only a love story will be injustice to its resilient tone. It’s a battle, both inter-personal and intra-personal. It’s not about logic or wise decisions, it’s about how far can you go for the things you believe in. It’s about finding that one thing which defines us. It’s about realising that we’re more than moving robots or talking heads. Juhi Chaturvedi’s writing prepares the audience for accepting Dan as he is. He has been shown as a restless person not very focussed about objectives in general. He doesn’t speak much, but is slowly getting closer to exploding."

Shubhra Gupta from The Indian Express opines, "There are several things about October that demand appreciation, the chief of which is that this film has been written, not constructed. The real winner here, by miles, is the writer Juhi Chaturvedi."

"October is indeed the sort of film that demands patience, but does not fail to reward it in ample measure. It is difficult to miss its uplifting soul. Impressively understated in its genteel exploration of loss and longing, it is exquisitely crafted. In this heartfelt drama, emotions don't flow in a rush. They waft about unobtrusively until the wellspring bursts all of a sudden in the spirit-cleansing climactic moments that are as tragic as they are transformative,"writes Saibal Chatterjee from NDTV.

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