Tahaan - To Each His Own
10th September 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: I wouldn’t mind the leisurely picturesque voyage had it not been towards a sudden end. Yet barring the discontent sensed by the climax, the other 115 minutes were well spent.
Rating: Watch for sure - preferably in theatre
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Here is what 22 other reviewers/viewers think. Average rating 4.1 / 5.0: 15 thumbs up, 6 so-so, 1 thumbs down.
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| Baradwaj Rangan, Blogical Conclusion, The New Sunday Express …?the small miracle of?Tahaan?is that very little of this is shouted out to the audience… See full review |
Abhishek Mande, Buzz18 …Despite a very noble theme,?Tahaan?fails on two primary accounts ? the lack of novelty in the story and the flagging narrative…. See full review |
| Yasser Usmaan, DearCinema …Tahaan is about the real Kashmir, without any preaching and without taking sides…. See full review |
J K Yaduvanshi, Deccan Herald …The occasional soulful Kashmiri folk music in the background adds to Tahaan?s emotional experience…. See full review |
| Anupama Chopra, Desi Train …The children in?Tahaan, Purav Bhandre and Dheirya Sonecha, are natural born actors and their innocence adds to the ache in this story…. See full review |
Desicritics …Like The Terrorist, Sivan goes totally minimalist, in spite of not being under financial constraints this time around.?… See full review |
| Martin D’Souza, Glamsham.com …Sivan could have been clearer in his thought process as to what he wanted the viewer to go home with… See full review |
Khalid Mohamed, Hindustan Times …like the Iranian films of the 1990s –and its poetic execution…. See full review |
| Tarun Chandel, I think… …The best I like is how he has depicted the dreams of wives who wait for their turn to cry over the dead body of their husband, as if they are tired of waiting for the inevitable…. See full review |
Rajeev Masand, IBN Live …Sivan’s film addresses so many relevant and important issues but you’ve got to be alert to notice…. See full review |
| Taran Adarsh, IndiaFM …a soothing experience… See full review |
Gaurav Malani, indiatimes …The writing seamlessly gets into the children psyche… See full review |
| Amit R Agarwal, merinews …Some of the characters could have been better integrated; Rahul Khanna for one…. See full review |
Mayank Shekhar, Mumbai Mirror …Along the way the film says a lot, without quite saying much, which is what all artistic filmmaking is all about…. See full review |
| Subhash K Jha, Now Running.com …The militancy of Sivan’s Kashmir is so gently portrayed, you wonder if such cinematic faith in human nature is a sign of wisdom or the prognosis for creative naivete…. See full review |
Sulakshana Biswas, Passion for Cinema …Santosh Sivan went an extra mile (or two) to map the sinusoidal trials and tribulations of childhood going on to adolescence… See full review |
| Goher Iqbal Punn, Radio Sargam …The film?s central character Purav Bhandare is the one who fetches all the praises since he slips under the skin of the character very brilliantly… See full review |
Sonia Chopra, Sify Movies …Sivan, for once, is not so serious and has some fun with his camera angles, placing it once, right behind the donkey’ wide ears… See full review |
| Harshita Kohli, StarBoxOffice …Tahaan works on some levels but disappoints at most… See full review |
Shreyanshi Joshi, Times Now …In spite of having veteran actors like Sarika and Anupam Kher, the character of Tahaan performed by Purav Bhandare is highly commendable… See full review |
| Nikhat Kazmi, Times of India …his camera captures the seasons and the mood the Valley, like never before… See full review |
Upper Stall …Sivan the cameraman overrides Santosh Sivan the filmmaker at the cost of the narrative flow…. See full review |