 Anna M. M. Vetticad of "Firstpost" gave "Gully Boy" four stars out of five, writing, "Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt are devastatingly good in Zoya Akhtar's ultimate anthem for the rebel".Raja Sen of "Hindustan Times" called it "the first great Hindi film of 2019", while Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama went on to call it "Akhtar’s best film to date".Rachit Gupta of "The Times of India" also gave four stars.