An archive of Hindi movie reviews and ratings from 2010 to 2020.

Critic reviews and ratings

  • A must watch! You will surely come out of the theatres with tears of joy.

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  • It is a relevant and topical film that makes you laugh and get emotional at the same time.

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  • ...shines in two areas that most of our films often fall short of. As far as the story goes – good writing, and as far as comedy goes – great timing.

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  • Refreshingly funny and brilliantly insightful film on parenting and education.

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  • Watch it for its pious effort and superlative performance by Irrfan, Saba and Deepak that is laced by humour and quirky fun.

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  • A little preachy and over-dramatic towards the end, Hindi Medium strongly drives its point home. Chaudhary’s film has immense repeat value.

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  • Director Saket Chaudhary deserves credit for putting together this comedy without making light of the subject itself.

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  • The film uses mildly-comical satire to put its point across. However, the problem arises when writers fail to wrap it up as satire and succumb to sermonizing.

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  • ...works because it somehow manages to stretch itself beyond its scrubby elements, easy half-baked jokes, lessons about consumerism and our love for English, into a simple story about a boy who would do anything to see his girl smile.

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  • ...the picture very passionately makes a point that could well be a polished mirror to the audience before it. I'm glad I caught it.

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  • ...may use over-dramatised events to make its message hit home, but in spite of its hiccups, the film is not bogged down because of the performances and the humour.

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  • The film’s achievement is that it tells us things we already know yet forces us to think about them, and has lots of fun while doing so.

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  • It’s well-intentioned, often very funny and superbly performed, but ultimately a lesson in overreach.

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  • It isn't possible to completely dislike Hindi Medium. So, ignore its hiccups and watch it for the relevance of the questions it poses and the remarkable quality of the acting.

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  • Despite its shortcomings, the film is never unwatchable and benefits enormously from a winning performance by Irrfan Khan who makes his every moment on screen count.

    49

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  • A satire that’s an easy, fun watch, but also facile and problematic.

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  • The flat writing which doesn’t quite know whose side to take — show up the parents desperate for English-medium schooling, or point fingers at those who are inept gatekeepers of these bastions, or both, by sentimentalizing those who live below the poverty line as `good’ and `noble’ — turns this film much less than it could have been.

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  • ...starts out on a right note but the need to teach you a lesson is pushed and pushed in your face until you are weary.

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  • ...is obviously playing to the gallery. It makes you laugh, it makes you think, but its one-note characters and black-and-white divisions mean that while it makes the grade, the film is no topper.

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  • Despite a promising funny start, Hindi Medium eventually dwindles into an absurd progression of preachings.

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