Aamir - To Each His Own
20th June 2008 | posted in External Reviews, Hindi Movies, meetu | | 660 viewsLooks like youre new here. You may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Meetu’s Review: There isn’t one single department which can claim that it carried Aamir on its shoulders. Each and everything - make-up, set design/locations, background music, lighting, camera work, dialogue, and of course acting work towards creating the build-up and the final impact. And what’s more religious fundamentalism is dealt with subtlety - the lost virtue. It has been maintained almost throughout, except for the abruptness of the background music in parts and the portrayal of the antagonist.
Rating: Watch for sure - preferably in theatre
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Here is what 18 other reviewers/viewers think. Average rating 4.4 / 5.0: 15 thumbs up, 2 so-so, 1 thumbs down.
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| Subhash K Jha, All Bollywood …apart from Rajeev and his portrayal of the reluctant hero, the real protagonist of “Aamir” is Mumbai…. See full review |
Nikhil Kumar, Apun Ka Choice …The movie works primarily because its lead player Rajeev Khandelwal lends credence to the character with his finely nuanced performance… See full review |
| Shubra Gupta, Express India …In an on-the-go film like this, you need crispness at all times: there are not enough heart-in-the-mouth moments… See full review |
Martin D’Souza, Glamsham.com …It raises many questions in the mind of the viewer and leaves many questions unanswered… See full review |
| Khalid Mohamed, Hindustan Times …You haven?t ever seen the underbelly of Mumbai the way you do in Aamir directed by first-timer Rajkumar Gupta… See full review |
Rajeev Masand, IBN Live …Also despite its running time of only 90 minutes, Aamir does, in a few places, tend to get repetitive and loose…. See full review |
| Taran Adarsh, IndiaFM …The helplessness of the protagonist has been captured remarkably on celluloid…. See full review |
Savio Zacharia, Indiaglitz …Take a look at every character used in the film be it the whore at the lodge, the men at the restaurant etc… See full review |
| Gaurav Malani, indiatimes … The disturbing camera movements by Alphonse Roy as well as the erratic background score by Amit Trivedi elevate the effect on a subconscious level…. See full review |
Intermission, The Bookeazy Blog …he viewer is made to feel just like the protagonist?.helpless and clueless as to what is going on… See full review |
| Movie Talkies …The film is however very gripping thanks to on the most part, crisp editing by Aarti Bajaj, containing the film to less than 2 hours…. See full review |
Thani, Passion for Cinema …remakes have successfully rendered Indian filmmaking spineless, un-audacious, & impotent… See full review |
| Hanumant Bhansali, Radio Sargam …The shooting locations can be related to the ones that an ordinary man comes across in his daily life… See full review |
Raja Sen, Rediff …it explores the Mumbai underbelly with such grit that we can virtually smell the sweat and the biryani… See full review |
| Sonia Chopra, Sify Movies …A film that one can blindly recommend after a cascade of disasters the past few months… See full review |
Kavita Ogale, Times Now … In the end, we recommend you go watch Aamir if you have an eye for the experimental Hindi film… See full review |
| Saakshi Juneja, To Each Its Own …If there is such a thing as kismet, it?s certainly not written solely by the self…But there is such a thing as human will. Amen to that…. See full review |
Upper Stall …After a long time a debutant director leaves a stamp of creativity that is unrivalled by any other single contributor…. See full review |