Rajkummar Rao-starrer 'Maalik' will be making its digital premiere on Prime Video less than two months after its theatrical release on July 11, 2025. The streamer has made it official that the film, directed by Pulkit, will be streaming from September 5.
Aside from Rao, the film also features Prosenjit Chatterjee, Manushi Chillar, Swanand Kirkire, Saurabh Sachdeva, Saurabh Shukla, Anshumaan Pushkar.
Rao, who has proved his versatility in lighter fare and smaller dramas, portrays a calculated, cold-blooded gangster who commands obedience with fear and firepower. The actor's previous notable foray into the gangster genre was through Anurag Kashyap's 'Gangs of Wasseypur', albeit in a supporting, but noteworthy, role.
In its review of the film, THE WEEK wrote: "The movie does not seem to commit to either politics or crime. It tries to walk a fine line between the two while depending on tried-and-tested plotlines, bringing nothing new to the table. It is the same trope the audience would have seen in classics like 'Vaastav' or 'Satya', bringing in politics from 'Sarkar'. The only visible flavour in the otherwise bland cinematography and direction is the signature UP dialect in Hindi, which makes for some fun dialogue delivery. However, it does not take too long for that to grow stale too. The first half takes too long to establish the characters and the plot, while the second half manages to raise the adrenaline only during a handful of action sequences. A forced item number featuring Huma Qureshi in the middle also does less to keep the audience entertained."