Satyagraha - Democracy Under Fire
29/Aug/2013

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4.00

Satyagraha is an all-engrossing, compelling drama that mirrors the reality around us

Executing a political thriller seems like a cakewalk for Jha, who, by now, is a veteran in this genre of cinema and executes a variety of sequences with aplomb(more)

Source: Taran Adarsh, Bollywood Hungama

4.50

Satyagraha grapples with this dilemma. More philosophical than fiery, it adorns reality with gloss and loss.

Showing true Satyagraha has no short-cuts, it also shows solutions glimmering ahead, as ephemeral, yet powerful as a rainbow cleansing the dust.(more)

Source: Srijana Mitra Das, Times Of India

4.00

'Satyagraha' timely wakeup call for a wounded nation

"Satygraha" conveys the uncontrollable anger and energy of a nation on the brink. For telling it like it is and for creating a compelling film out of the raw material of present-day corruption, the film deserves a standing ovation. (more)

Source: Review Board, India Today

2.50

Predictable story spoon-fed with sincerity!

director Prakash Jha's Satyagraha is a film made with a noble intention to create an impact, but the not-so-tight execution of a flat storyline with loopholes the size of lunar craters leaves you with the empty feeling you get after watching a strictly okay commercial entertainer!(more)

Source: Prathamesh Jadhav , DNA

2.50

Prakash Jha's Satyagraha is a weightless film that leaves by a transitory impact on its audiences.

Prakash Jha furthers his prevalent problem and he still shies away from making a notoriously compelling point. From a confident filmmaker like him, who ventures into risky terrains of bold cinema that are social commentaries, his characters have become stereotypical � an upright man of values, a you...(more)

Source: Mohar Basu, Koimoi

2.00

Well-intentioned drama turned into a plodding sermon

Director's storytelling has become so hackneyed that his cinema now merely pays lip service to issues instead of making a stronger comment.(more)

Source: Rajeev Manshad, CNN-IBN