| Grade & Score (?) |
C (50%)
Avg Rating: 2.50/5 (50%) from 26 Reviews |
| Reviews (?) |
26 Reviews Counted: 10 Good / 5 Average / 11 Bad
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| Cast |
Muzammil Ibrahim, Tulip Joshi, Anupam Kher, Gulshan Grover and Ashutosh Rana |
| Director |
Pooja Bhatt |
| Release Date |
August 31, 2007 |
| Box Office Status |
Disaster |
Synopsis
A film by Pooja Bhatt starring Muzammil Ibrahim, Tulip Joshi, Anupam Kher, Gulshan Grover and Ashutosh Rana.
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Reviews
| Good Reviews | Average Reviews | Bad Reviews |
| 3.5 |
"Be prepared for a dramatic outing which does get talk-heavy at a couple of instances but only for a reason
"
- IndiaGlitz |
| 3.0 |
"an interesting film, as it throws up a new kind of protagonist in Hindi cinema"
- Movie Talkies |
| 3.0 |
"works for the redeeming of the pride and honor of the Muslim community by lending its voice through the thoughts of moderate Muslim youth"
- Mag 4 You |
| 3.0 |
"The direction, along with the script is the main protagonist of this flick"
- RadioSargam |
| 3.0 |
"leaves an impact"
- Indya.com |
| 3.0 |
"Really, one hasn't had a more jolting reality-check in a while"
- AllBollywood.com |
| 3.0 |
"is one of the finest films to come from the Bhatt family off late and probably the best film of the three releases this week"
- IndiaTimes |
| 3.0 |
"A thought-provoking movie in these times torn by terrorism"
- Deccan Herald |
| 3.0 |
"Daring but a tad boring"
- Without Giving The Movie Away |
| 3.0 |
"flawed but also ambitious and intermittently engaging"
- NDTV |
| 2.5 |
"won't make you happy - it will make you think"
- Business Of Cinema |
| 2.5 |
"might have worked magically if the film had not been didactic and indulged in long soliloquies about integration, assimilation and one nation"
- Times Of India |
| 2.5 |
"has an enticing script, an engrossing screenplay which is backed by average performances and hence the film definitely is above average"
- Bollywood Mantra |
| 2.5 |
"although not as hard hitting as it could have been, is nonetheless a fairly engrossing watch"
- ApunKaChoice |
| 2.5 |
"tells the story well. The director and her competent writer open the cards at the very outset, within 10 minutes of the start. But it's the second hour that's a complete eye-opener"
- IndiaFM |
| 2.0 |
"has a relevant story, but is truly disappointing in the execution department"
- Rediff |
| 2.0 |
"Pertinent, but dull"
- Mid-Day |
| 2.0 |
"apart from educating and informing, the primary motive of a film should be to entertain. Though 'Dhoka' is successful on the first two fronts, it fails on the third account"
- Bollyvista |
| 2.0 |
"is the most endurable of the threesome released this week. Er.. which is not saying much"
- Hindustan Times |
| 2.0 |
"sets out to be realistic but ends up being ambiguous"
- DNA India |
| 2.0 |
"unfolds at a pace slower than my 81-year-old grandmother"
- IBN Live |
| 2.0 |
"it becomes a simplistic tale of retribution – and therefore betrays its cause -- which is a pity"
- Times Now |
| 2.0 |
"doesn’t get where it should have, because of its banal patches, both in the acting, and the directing"
- The Indian Express |
| 2.0 |
"The direction of Pooja Bhatt is average. She needs to be more mature and sensitive in the handling of such subjects"
- Magna Mags |
| 2.0 |
"There is some amount of satisfaction to be had in the fact that emotionally contrived as it may be, at least the film is well-crafted and delivers on more entertainment value that a whole lot of similar films"
- Full Hyderabad |
| 2.0 |
"Anupam Kher, Gulshan Grover and Ashutosh Rana do their parts well, but can’t lend any maturity to the naïve film"
- Cybernoon |
