Mumbai Meri Jaan - To Each His Own
27th August 2008 | posted in External Reviews, Hindi Movies, meetu |Looks like youre new here. You may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Meetu’s Review: It?s a dark look at human nature with a hint of hope that humans need. Awesome portrayal of detailed characters. Unfortunately, pace is slow enough to make it tiresome by the end.
Rating: Wait for video release
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Here is what 30 other reviewers/viewers think. Average rating 4.3 / 5.0: 24 thumbs up, 3 so-so, 3 thumbs down.
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| Nita, A Wide Angle View of India …When it comes to Soha, she looks too glamourous for the role and as for her acting, it was not up to the mark… See full review |
Aparajita Ghosh, Apun Ka Choice … Vijay Maurya deserves a special mention because he is not as seasoned as the rest…. See full review |
| Baradwaj Rangan, Blogical Conclusion, The New Sunday Express …Mumbai Meri Jaan is destined to play as two movies ? a deeply moving drama (by default) to the people of Mumbai, and, for the others, a film that succeeds on several counts but is constrained by its incessant warm-fuzziness and its underlying implication that the solutions to the problems that face us are just a group hug away…. See full review |
Aly Kassam, Bolly Spice …the way the film has been scripted and shot, you feel like you are meeting the characters and truly getting a peek into each of their lives… See full review |
| Daliya Daspurkayastha, Bollywood Mantra … Soha Ali Khan is top-notch. With every passing film, she is improvising her acting…. See full review |
Jaya Biswas, Buzz18 …The film touches some raw nerves and has a few heart-wrenching moments…. See full review |
| Pranjal Medhi, DearCinema …The dialogues are so close to life and the direction is brilliant in all senses…. See full review |
Priya Venkatraman, Deccan Herald …The movies pulses along at an even pace as irony rips apart beliefs, faster than any bomb…. See full review |
| Martin D’souza, Glamsham.com …It takes a genius to tackle such a difficult subject and deliver in style…. See full review |
Khalid Mohamed, Hindustan Times …Kamat analyses the reasons behind the devastation. Sensibly, he doesn?t offer quickfix solutions…. See full review |
| Rajeev Masand, IBN Live …Mumbai Meri Jaan has its heart in the right place and makes some very valid points, but it also takes its own sweet time doing so…. See full review |
Taran Adarsh, IndiaFM …It may not be foolproof in terms of writing, but the execution is so compelling that one overlooks those minor blemishes… See full review |
| Savio Zacharia, Indiaglitz …Though the narrative moves back and forth from one character to another, it?s the well laid out shots that really draw your attention…. See full review |
Gaurav Malani, indiatimes …For critics complaining of incompetent scripts, here is a screenplay that is immaculate, intelligent and emotionally binding… See full review |
| Intermission, The Bookeazy Blog …Mumbai Meri Jaan is worth watching if you want to know what happened. It will give you an insight beyond the media stories… See full review |
Gautam Mehta, merinews …The director has completely brought out the true actor inside the artists…. See full review |
| Movie Talkies …Mumbai Meri Jaan touches an emotional chord and it is hard to stay unaffected by the film and the agony and angst of its protagonists…. See full review |
Anupama Chopra, NDTV …Mumbai Meri Jaan veers between poignant scenes that wring your guts and clumsy sermonising that is almost comical… See full review |
| Jahan Bakshi, Now Running.com …engrossing script that’s thoroughly real, relatable and laced with compelling characters and a wonderful sense of humour… See full review |
Jivraj Burman, Now Running.com …Before one can absorb the mood of a scene, it dissolves into another of the same nature…. See full review |
| Anurag Kashyap, Passion for Cinema …It tells us of a beautiful time and the way city was before the national security became the ultimate excuse for invasion of privacy… See full review |
rusted rick, Passion for Cinema …There is a thin line between merely commenting / reflecting on an issue and lecturing, and this film disappointingly enters the later zone a number of times…. See full review |
| Goher Iqbal Punn, Radio Sargam …The director Nishant Kamt has directed the sensitive subject with aplomb and care…. See full review |
Nithya Ramani, Rediff … follows a more documentary approach by depicting the violence of individual trauma… See full review |
| Shubra Gupta, Screen …reminds us of how Mumbai found its mojo within minutes of the kind of terrorist attack that would freeze most of other cities in their tracks…. See full review |
Sonia Chopra, Sify Movies …Soha?s evocative eyes speak a million words… See full review |
| SmasHits.com …The movie centers around the lives of people from all strata of Mumbai’s bustling society as they tackle the aftermath of a fatal incident that brings out the best and sometimes the worst in them… See full review |
Harshita Kohli, StarBoxOffice …MMJ will definitely hit a nerve with all those who have lived in Mumbai and know all about the city’s never say die spirit…. See full review |
| Nikhat Kazmi, Times of India … the filmmaker lays bare the very soul of the sparkling-sinking metro, where life goes on despite death… See full review |
Upper Stall …Consequently, no thought has been given to interesting transitions both within a particular track or between the various tracks…. See full review |