| Grade & Score (?) |
B- (59%)
Avg Rating: 2.93/5 (59%) from 23 Reviews |
| Reviews (?) |
23 Reviews Counted: 16 Good / 4 Average / 3 Bad
|
| Cast |
Bipasha Basu, Minissha Lamba, Sameer Dattani, Kay Kay Menon and Payal Rohatgi |
| Director |
Madhur Bhandarkar |
| Release Date |
July 07, 2006 |
| Box Office Status |
Strong at multiplexes, dull at single screens |
Synopsis
A film by Madhur Bhandarkar starring Bipasha Basu, Minissha Lamba, Sameer Dattani, Kay Kay Menon and Payal Rohatgi.
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Reviews
| Good Reviews | Average Reviews | Bad Reviews |
| 4.5 |
"is a film never to miss."
- RadioSargam |
| 4.0 |
"A provocative social commentary, with all the elements of good filmmaking keenly in evidence"
- BBC Films |
| 3.5 |
"made memorable by some brilliant performances by a battery of fine actors"
- IndiaGlitz |
| 3.5 |
"is worth a view only if you have a penchant for some serious cinema. "
- Planet Bollywood |
| 3.0 |
"is a film for metros and will work for Madhur in all good ways."
- Mag 4 You |
| 3.0 |
"may lack the dramatic intensity of the director's earlier works. But once Bhandarkar takes you in, he turns the screw hard, reminding us of how far away ambition has driven us from our dreams."
- Subhash Jha |
| 3.0 |
"is entertaining and well paced but ultimately not quite wound tightly enough to be the dark thriller it would like to be."
- IndiaTimes |
| 3.0 |
"works for its gripping drama towards the second half."
- IndiaFM |
| 3.0 |
"a smart, gripping, honest film."
- Rediff |
| 3.0 |
"Bhandarkar has made yet another hard-hitting film!"
- Bollyvista |
| 3.0 |
"worth watching because, yes, it has many good moments. And in sum, it's decently made."
- Jam |
| 3.0 |
"makes a good impact from the pre- climax only to show that Madhur has become better at narrating stories."
- B4U |
| 3.0 |
"is worth a watch!"
- NDTV |
| 3.0 |
"An engaging movie for those in the corporate world. And for the common viewer, a peep into the slightly unfamiliar dog-eat-dog zone."
- Deccan Herald |
| 3.0 |
"is a film for metros and will work for Madhur in all good ways."
- Smash Hits |
| 3.0 |
"emerges as a good movie that ought to be seen once."
- ApunKaChoice |
| 2.5 |
"is an ok one time watch – but it is not Madhur Bhandarkar’s best."
- Times Now |
| 2.5 |
"songs don’t act like a binding material and the movie could have moved on without all the numbers."
- Express India |
| 2.5 |
"We've heard it all — and those of us in the corporate world have seen it too."
- Hindustan Times |
| 2.5 |
"is a movie with strong performances and a loose screenplay."
- Full Hyderabad |
| 2.0 |
"Watch only if you can sit through it esp. the last 15 mins."
- MTV India |
| 2.0 |
"let down by being high on expectations, but low on delivery, the balance sheet of this one decidedly has a few red spots and business this quarter will not be handsome at the box office."
- Movie Talkies |
| 2.0 |
"Bhandarkar is getting repetitive but he deserves kudos for his perfect yet unusual casting. But he disappoints his fans with this one."
- Screen India |
