Bachchhan Paandey is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Farhad Samji, produced by Sajid Nadiadwala.

Pankaj Tripathi, Prateik Babbar, Sanjay Mishra and Abhimanyu Singh play supporting roles.

To satisfy the producer's commercial outlook and her hunger for making a realistic film, she decides to study the life of a real-life gangster for the script.

Her extensive research leads to menacing one-eyed Bachchhan Paandey of Baghwa, a ruthless gangster surrounded by quirky yet scary henchmen.

Bachchhan and his goons initially get excited and promote the film named BP, thinking it to be the gritty gangster drama that it was marketed as.

On the other hand, Myra's film is proved to be a major success and gets praise from her media and her director who used to often criticize her a lot.

[2] The film began streaming on Amazon Prime Video from 15 April 2022 while the satellite rights were acquired by Zee Cinema.

[6] The film faced heavy competition from The Kashmir Files, which was released one week earlier, and caused it to tumble at the box office.

A critic from Bollywood Hungama rated the film 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Bachchhan Paandey is a must watch for the fans of Akshay Kumar and masala cinema.

"[30] Ronak Kotecha of The Times of India gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and called it "a chaotic mess of quirky and clichéd characters".

"[32] Sonil Dedhia of News18 reviewed the film and opined "Arshan Warsi and Kriti Sanon are the only saving graces of this otherwise shoddy movie.

The film arbitrarily packs in elements of every genre without actually bothering to stop and see if the mix does work and ends up like an overcooked stew.

"[35] Monica Rawal Kukreja of Hindustan Times termed his review as "Bachchhan Paandey, as a whole, is a masala flick, which Akshay Kumar fans can't complain about.

"[36] Devesh Sharma of Filmfare rated the film 2.6 out of 5 stars and wrote "Bachchhan Panday is a case of opportunity missed.