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  • 2016
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2016
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary It’s the 1980s and Naman (Shashank Arora) is a know-it-all nerd driven by the whims of his raging hormones. Heading up Bangalore University’s team of bespectacled misfits, Naman and his best friends Ajay and Ramu spend the majority of their time on the quizzing circuit, using their winnings to buy nudie magazines, whiskey, and beer, whil...

Directed By: Qaushiq Mukherjee

Written By: Naman Ramachandran

  • 2016
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2016
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 35 m

Brahman Naman

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
58
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary It’s the 1980s and Naman (Shashank Arora) is a know-it-all nerd driven by the whims of his raging hormones. Heading up Bangalore University’s team of bespectacled misfits, Naman and his best friends Ajay and Ramu spend the majority of their time on the quizzing circuit, using their winnings to buy nudie magazines, whiskey, and beer, whil...

Directed By: Qaushiq Mukherjee

Written By: Naman Ramachandran

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Metascore
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80% Mixed
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0% Negative
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75
Jul 7, 2016
Owing some of its charms to other sex comedies from that decade, this Sundance 2016 title (now playing on Netflix) proves to be more layered than its promises of shenanigans may expect, especially as this is the rare sex comedy that doesn’t glorify the male gaze.
By Nick Allen FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 9, 2016
Q’s morality tale isn’t without laughs. The quizzers are adept at alluding to and meshing together the greats of English literature with crude dick jokes.
By Lanre Bakare FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 9, 2016
Overall, the mix of medium-grade raunchy humor and middleweight drama works fairly well, albeit with few real highlights.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 9, 2016
The cast’s performances adhere to appropriately exaggerated comedic expectations, but could have benefitted from more specific character differentiation.
By Justin Lowe FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 13, 2016
Brahman Naman is like a crispy Samosa with nothing at the center. The Netflix release, directed by Qaushiq Mukherjee, pays homage to American sex comedies from Porky’s and Revenge of the Nerds to There’s Something About Mary, but lacks the heart to go along with the excess of raunch.
By Nico Lang FULL REVIEW

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4 Ratings
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Production Company Oddjoint Art Pvt. Ltd., Riley Productions
Release Date Jul 7, 2016
Duration 1 h 35 m
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Awards

Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Edinburgh International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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