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Hindi Medium
Critic reviews and ratings
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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.
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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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