Maatr (U)
21/Apr/2017 Thriller, Drama 112mins

2.50

Maatr Doesn 'Wow You Because Of The Story's Repetitive Nature

Director Ashtar Sayad, ably handles certain scenes in the film. The rape incident, has been shot with much thought, without being too sensationalized for impact. It hits you emotionally and Vidya�s struggle post it is certainly emotionally charging. In one of the scenes, Vidya gets paranoid to get i...(more)

Source: Surabhi Redkar, Koimoi

3.00

A tale of a wounded mother

Director Ashtar Sayed narrated a vengeance based story in total hard-hitting format. The styling and the treatment remind you of the Korean based vengeance films. He narrates the film in a sleek and realistic manner. Raveena Tandon looks smashing and does her part with total grace. Madhur Mittal ...(more)

Source: Editor, IndiaGlitz.com

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Raveena Tandon�s film is terribly written and lacks punch

Director Ashtar Sayed chooses Delhi as the backdrop and shows the politician-criminal-police nexus, much like Pink. But while Pink focused mostly on victim shaming, Maatr -- which means mother in Hindi -- is the story of a vengeful mother. The unidirectional approach works in the beginning wh...(more)

Source: Rohit Vats, Hindustan Times

1.50

This Raveena Tandon film is jaw-droppingly horrifying

The roll-out is as formulaic as they come, and sometimes that can be okay too, but a film like this needs to be deeply sensitive and alert to lift the sordidness of the material. Maatr fails on this score from the first frame, with its improbable plot-points, and relentless crassness: I cringed from...(more)

Source: Shubhra Gupta , Indian Express

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Raveena Tandon's Great Comeback Is Pure Pulp

Maatr, like most other Bollywood films about sexual violence, is set in Delhi-NCR. Its aspirations, however, appear to be universal. Its writer (American film producer Michael Pellico) and director Ashtar Sayed seek to address the vulnerability of women in a world in which wild men roam free and get...(more)

Source: saibal chatterjee, NDTV Movies

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Movie Review

Minutes into the movie, you see how a mother and daughter end up taking a wrong turn and unwittingly find themselves at the home of Apurva Malik (Madhur Mittal), the wayward son of a politician. High on substance, he and his gang of morally-depraved friends are ever ready to score. They rape and abu...(more)

Source: Meena Iyer,, Times Of India