Burt vs Jhalki
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Jhalki). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 45m. Jhalki is the older of the two (2019 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Jhalki| Burt | Jhalki | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Brahmanand S. Singh |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Divya Dutta, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Boman Irani, Yatin Karyekar, Akhilendra Mishra |
Synopsis
Burt
Burt, a 69-year-old musician with Parkinson’s, has his life turned upside down when a man from New York shows up claiming to be his son. Having always dreamed of being a father, Burt embraces Sammy and invites him to stay for the weekend, where he lives with his grumpy landlord.
Jhalki
A lyrical story of lost childhood, against the powerful backdrop of child slavery and human trafficking. It is a heart-rending but inspiring story of a nine-year old street-smart girl, Jhalki, in search of her seven-year old brother, Babu, who is suddenly thrown into an inhuman world of child labor with no respite from a terminally gloomy, dark and depressing workplace. Armed with an intimate folk tale of a tireless sparrow, her own ingenious…