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Sep 18, 2026

Best of the Best

Broadly loved
Reactions
66
Score confidence
high
Box office
Not reported yet
Age rating
PG-13
80
Score
Where to watch
Stream
Netflix

The film

Two best friends at UCLA leap into the competitive and cutthroat world of collegiate Bollywood-fusion dance.

The Cast

Stills

The Real Review

People mostly loved this college Bollywood-fusion dance competition flick for its feel-good energy. The story about best friends Maya and Anjali is a familiar underdog tale, but it's executed with enough heart that most didn't mind. Maitreyi Ramakrishnan carries the film as Maya, and the whole cast gets high marks, with Hasan Minhaj's cameo landing especially well. The visuals are a major highlight, making the dance sequences pop. A few found the humor a bit hit-or-miss and wished the concept felt fresher, but it's a crowd-pleaser that delivers exactly what it promises.

Synthesized from 66 real reactionshigh confidence
PraisedActing · Visuals · Story · Humor · Pacing
DivisiveOriginality

Sentiment split

72% positive
15% mixed
12% negative

By aspect

story83
originality54
visuals90
acting100
humor67
pacing67

How opinion moved

The trend appears once there are a couple of scoring runs to compare.

Buzz

Sep 789 reactions over two weeksSep 20

How much people are talking about this film: reactions counted per day they were posted.

Names & topics that came up

Maitreyi Ramakrishnanperson11× · 73%+Mayacharacter6× · 50%+Hasan Minhajperson5× · 80%+Lena Khanperson4× · 100%+Priyanka Kediaperson4× · 75%+Shreya Navileperson2× · 50%+

Where the signal came from

Social Media
66

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