Highway movie review

Highway Movie Review

We got various Mixed Reviews about the Recently released Movie Highway. Bollywood Updates Brings Reviews from all major sources for readers. read reviews written by all majors source on web.

The Cast and Other Information of Highway is given Below.

Cast:Alia Bhatt, Randeep Hooda
Music: A R Rahman
Director: Imtiaz Ali

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Ratings:2/5 Review By: Rajeev Masand Site:CNN IBN

Blame it on the undercooked script, or the fact that Ali stretches the film’s overarching theme so thin that it’s reduced to an empty cliché. The film – a brave experiment on Ali’s part, who uses long stretches of silence, improv dialogues, and characters over plot to drive the narrative – doesn’t necessarily work. It’s meandering and indulgent in many parts, tiring you out well before it’s over. I’m going with two out of five for Highway. A beautiful mess, but a mess nonetheless.

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Ratings:2/5 Review By: Taran Adarsh Site:Bollywood Hungama

On the whole, HIGHWAY is a triumph for Alia Bhatt, who delivers a marvelous performance. Also, what you carry home, besides Alia’s winning performance, are the stunning visuals, especially towards the second hour. But the treatment of the written material restricts its appeal largely. The connoisseurs of cinema and a tiny segment of the movie-going audience may go ga-ga over the film, but there’s precious little for the large base of mass audience that’s looking at the entertainment quotient from the maker of hugely admired entertainers like JAB WE MET and LOVE AAJ KAL.

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Ratings:2.5/5 Review By: Anupama Chopra Site:Star World ( Hindustan Times)

Highway is a problematic film. Elements in it have great beauty – starting with Anil Mehta’s cinematography. And yet, I left the theater, deeply dissatisfied. The film posits kidnapping as therapy. It tells us: So what if you’ve been abducted, heal yourself as you travel the undiscovered countryside. Given the horror inherent in the situation, this just feels false and fundamentally, wrong. I’m going with two and a half stars.

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Ratings:– Review By: Komal Nahata Site:Zee ETC Bollywood Business

If one were to speak about the pre- and post-interval portions, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that the pre-interval part is lighter and more entertaining. The second half seems stretched, besides being a bit heavy and unrealistic. On the whole, Highway is entertaining but only upto a point and only for the youth in the big cities. Its weak second half and the class-appealing nature of the drama will tell on its performance in the smaller centres and in single-screen cinemas. Overall, its run at the cinemas will not be upto the mark.

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Ratings:3.5/5 Review By: Srijana Mitra Das Site:Times of India (TOI)

Highway is not a sunny, funny road-trip. It is Imtiaz Ali’s starkest, darkest work yet.But what stamps this film indelibly is its sheer boldness. At times, Highway feels like an unending Bharat darshan, a long look at suffering souls through several deserts and eucalyptus trees. But some meandering is its only flaw. Watch it for its cathartic creativity.Highway is not an easy ride. But it offers fresh breezes and new sights.

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Ratings:3/5 Review By: Sukanya Verma Site:Rediff

Highway isn’t merely concerned with cataloguing the virginal, versatile landscapes of Northern India. Often it’s the only ray of cheer to offset the grimness concealed within two wounded souls. Highway, he uses travel like artistry, a narrative form to unfold the adventures of its two leading protagonists learning (and unlearning) a few precious lessons about the capricious course life follows when tackled head-on.

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Ratings:3/5 Review By: Saibal Chaterjee Site:NDTV

It has many a moment that is endearing and exquisitely etched, but the film is not always engaging enough to be able to offset the occasional inertia that stems from its lack of physical action. But doubtless, Highway is a must watch as much for what it is as for what it isn’t. It is not a typical romantic drama, nor an average love story. It is a road movie with a difference. Highway dishes out a trip that is definitely worth the price of the ticket.

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Ratings:2/5 Review By: Shubhra Gupta Site:Indian Express

A couple of damaged strangers seeking redemption via a road journey is the premise of Imtiaz Ali’s latest ‘Highway’. The director’s attempt to move away from his trademark candyfloss-ness has mixed results: this is perhaps the most picturesque road movie I have seen coming out of Bollywood, but the story struggles with its twin threads and uneven tone. ‘Highway’ is a patchy ride, with the occasional high spot.

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Ratings:4/5 Review By:  Rahul Desai Site:Mumbai Mirror

It is a film about nature and travel; about a meandering journey without a definite destination. Highway makes for the kind of cinema we need, perhaps not something we entirely deserve. Even if you aren’t moved by its unhurried simplicity, or do not agree with this review, I challenge you to resist an overwhelming urge to rush out after dark hoping to get kidnapped (or simpler, just take off) to the foothills of the Himalayas. In that itself, is the battle won by a film that strives for little more.

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Ratings:2/5 Review By: Aseem Chhabra Site:Rediff

It is rare that a Hindi language film delivers so much promise in the first half.’ ‘And so it is extremely disappointing when the director and his script lead us on a journey that eventually fizzles out, collapses and dies in front of our eyes. This is the first time in recent years that a Bollywood film has paid so much attention to scenic beauty. Highway is a beautiful looking film and the cinematography helps sustain our interest, even as the narrative forgets where it is heading.

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Ratings:3.5/5 Review By: Mihir Fadnavis Site:FirstPost

A scary prospect is that Highway might not make money at the box office. Some will no doubt criticize the film’s silences, long takes and lack of naach gaana. That’ll be a shame because it’s not often that a successful commercial filmmaker has the courage to take a sharp left from the blockbuster formulae and make something that’s different. There is so much to appreciate in Highway and if it can goad other commercial filmmakers to take notice and also dare to try something new, we’ll all be richer for it.

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Ratings:1.5/5 Review By: Rohit Khilnani Site:India Today

With Highway, Imtiaz takes the road less travelled and tries something very different from not just his usual style of films but goes ahead to challenge something that we have not seen in Bollywood movies. Although the problem that emerges is that he is not able to hold it together. Forget the reliability factor, the film is way too slow to offer any entertainment.Avoid this Highway, it will lead you nowhere!

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Ratings:– Review By: Senha may Francis Site:Emirates 24 By 7

Unfortunately, he’s unable to pace the travels adequately, sinking and soaring at random through the two-hour-and-10-minute screen time, leaving us distracted often. Barring a sluggish narrative and a few continuity slip-ups, Imitiaz’s movie promises remarkable performances. ‘Highway’ is a road less travelled, and one that we think you must embark on. It’s a bumpy ride, no doubt, but one that’s set in the right direction.

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Ratings:2.5/5 Review By: Mohar Basu Site:Koimoi

I feel cheated by Imtiaz Ali because Highway isn’t anything even remotely close to what we usually expect from the filmmaker after terrific works like Jab We Met and Rockstar. With Highway he undeniably slips. It is a frustrating film that will leave you angry. Imtiaz clearly wasted his caliber over leisurely making a movie that is strictly respectable for its lack of connection and conviction.

This Post of Bollywood Updates will surely helpful to know about How Highway performing on Box Office. As per the all review Bollywood Updates Giving *** (Stars) (3/5) to Highway Movie.

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Policegiri Movie Review

Policegiri has Sanjay Dutt playing a boisterous policeman committed to his Policegiri. In his own words, “he is born in Mumbai, brought up in India. “A policeman hell bent to uproot gundagiri from the area under his supervision and establish his policegiri. Prakash Raj plays the goon creating unrest time and again.  Prachi Desai is no more than an arm candy and in that small space itself she is perfect.

    A rustically stylish policeman DCP Rudra is on the mission to banish criminals from his area of service. He wants to send all the goons behind the bars and establish his Policegiri. A noble intention but the path is predictably hazardous. Prakash Raj plays chief goons among few other villains who continue at their gundagiri. The two men Sanjay Dutt and Prakash Raj are at loggerheads that leads to lot of fights and swearings.

         The cast of policegiri includes Sanjay Dutt as Rudra, Prachi Desai as Sehar,Prakash Raj as Nagori Subramaniyam, Om Puri,Rajpal Yadav,Manoj Joshi, Mukesh Tiwari. The movie originally intended to be made of as the sequel to Thaanedar , the 1990s hit of Sanjay Dutt, was changed into Policegiri as suggested by Sanjay himself. Sanjay objected to bank on the success of the old movie and it was reasonable as the makers of the film were different. This Policegiri was supposed to be a fresh film but paradoxically it is  stale and boring. Prachi Desai is the only delectable thing in the film with her beauty and charm. The south talent Prakash Raj is in a predictable role of a villain. Though there is no doubt about the actor’s talent, he is wasted in a flat powerless script like this. 

 Sanjay Dutt is stale to say the least. His dialogues, his shouts, his action …way far than impressing. The viewer looks for at least one thing interesting in the movie and gets disappointed. An outdated and worn out concept drives the story and renders it plain. It is not boring for the script offers something or the other at each point. But it is not enjoyable at all for the predictable story.

       This one is not at all recommended specially if your’s is a hard earned weekend.

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Lootera Review

 

Lootera scores as a sparkling romantic tale

Lootera is produced by biggies namely Ekta Kapoor,Shobha Kapoor,Anurag Kashyap and Vikas Bahl . The story set in the Bengal of 1950s is an official adaptation of O. Henry’s short story “ The Last Leaf “.  This Vikramaditya Motwane directed film, stars Sonakshi Sinha and Ranvir Singh in the lead.

                        If poignant love stories was a genre well defined in Hindi cinema, this one would find a special reckoning in it. How more soulful could love be than what is portrayed in Vikramaditya Motwane’s vision that so comes to life on the screen in his Lootera.  We remember this director for his last directed much acclaimed movie Udaan. This one, being only his second venture, evoked much excitement from the trailers and songs. And I tell you all the curiosity was worth and it was well paid off.  If you’re a fan of romance on the celluloid or romance in art and fiction this one is a treat for you. For any movie goer it is no less a piece of beauty. Wonderful music and cinematography forms the highlights of the film. And its soul is the flawless performances which will go down as benchmarks in Hindi cinema. It has the feel of a cult classic romance.  I myself forgot the time I live in and was transported in the 1950s where the story takes shapes.

               Ranvir Singh is the Lootera of the story. In the guise of an archeologist, he is comes to Manikpur with an intention to steal an ancient idol. Varun ( Ranvir) who is an effortless charmer succeeds to win hearts of a prominent family of the area. In due course he creates a special place in the heart of Pakhi ( Sonakshi Sinha ) , the Zamindar’s daughter. Pakhi , the beautiful young women falls in love with Varun but the Lootera flees on the night of their engagement. Pakhi is estranged and devastated but carries on with life until a day when she faces the Lootera once again. This part of the story is faithful to its original that is O. Henry ‘s “The Last Leaf” in which an ailing girl Johnsy is befallen in love by a charmer named Behrman who leaves her.

             So does love dry out after a heart break?  Can a woman be foolishly forgiving so as to defy her self respect? Pakhi is overwhelmed by wounded love but is that enough for her to hate her lover? Sonakshi expresses all the perplexed emotions with the skill of a true actor. She catches all attention in the part of the story where Ranvir disappears, and handles it with much quality of acting. The actress has come good in the role that can be any actress’s dream.  She outshines Ranvir Singh by a small margin by her ingenuity to present Pakhi as innocently loveable yet pained in love. Ranvri on the other hand in indeed a Lootera for he steals the show.  He is at his flirtatious best in the beginning. And in the latter half, he becomes the hero in the conflict of emotions and purpose.

      A big commendation is deserved by the cinematographer Mahendra Shetty.  As also by the music composer Amit Trivedi. Without the artistic work of these two Lootera would not be such a poetic tale.   But the credit is much more deserved by the director Vikramaditya Motwane who is the writer, director of Lootera.  Though it is an adaptation, yet the treatment given to it is timelessly classic.

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