[1] Made on the budget of ₹20 crores the film grossed ₹58.125 lakhs globally, emerging as a box office bomb.

The film opens with a group of friends in their SUV returning home from a party when suddenly, they are killed by a hail of bullets.

Sandy, a top executive at Parivartan Bank, is waiting for her boss, Parichay, for a dinner date at an upscale restaurant.

Sandy is annoyed by Pinky's driving, especially since he is continuously on the phone with his boss (informing him of their location), and reveals that she is three months pregnant.

The SUV is stopped at a police check post where they fire indiscriminately at it, as shown in the opening scene.

Sandy takes Pinky to the party Purva invited her to in order to relax and get a sense of the situation, where she finds that her SM accounts are blocked.

Upset by the unsanitary conditions around her, Sandy requests a friendly couple, Aunty and Uncle, in the market to take them as paying guests.

She gets Uncle a refund from the scheme at the bank by offering its manager a chance to embezzle a few million rupees using her intimate knowledge of their operations.

Pinky learns of this and calls Tyagi, asking him to let Sandy pass in return for the 1 million he had earlier received from her and his surrender, but his boss refuses.

[18] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV awarded the film 3.5 stars (out of 5) and wrote, "Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar is an inspired cinematic essay that draws strength from upending time-worn tics".

[20] Sukanya Verma of Rediff gave the film 3 stars (out of 5) and stated, "Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar is an intriguing mess".

[21] Stutee Ghosh of The Quint gave the film a score of 3 (out of 5) and wrote, "Devoid of excesses and dramatic highs, the sparseness with which Banerjee steers the story adds meaning and subtly.

While mainstream Bollywood fares spell out every little detail and even hammer it repeatedly, Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar fervently sticks to its austerity".

[23] Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost gave the film 2.75 stars (out of 5) and wrote, "The film is a mixed bag but I found myself drawn to its quietude and to its heartening conviction that kindness may be found in the most unexpected places and the most unexpected persons could turn out to be allies, sometimes without the expectation of anything in return".

[24] Ronak Kotecha of Times of India gave 2.5 stars (out of 5) and wrote, "Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar is one of those neo-noir films that set out with a promise to engage, entertain and educate by slowly unraveling its layered subtext.

[26] Tanul Thakur of The Wire (India) called the film "a joyless, drab watch" and stated that its Banerjee;s most "underwhelming" movie.

He wrote, "The most obvious culprits are the lead actors who struggle to bring any kind of magnetism or chemistry to their roles".