Ram Leela
15/Nov/2013

4.50

A masterpiece by the master craftsman Sanjay Leela Bhansali!

GOLIYON KI RAASLEELA RAM-LEELA ought to be watched for multiple reasons: the electrifying chemistry between its lead actors, the strong dramatic content, the scintillating musical score, the violent streak in the narrative and of course, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's execution of the material. This is San...(more)

Source: Taran Adarsh, Bollywood Hungama

4.00

Boy and girl from warring factions love one another.

For the most part, Ram-Leela, SLB's most commercial work till date, has nice doses of raunch and ras (juice). Since the plot is Shakespearan, the maker has the arduous task of telling you this story on an opulent scale. Vintage palaces and daunting deserts are fitted in with precision. Deepika is br...(more)

Source: Meena Iye, Times Of India

3.00

Ram Leela is worth watching, writes Anupama Chopra

Sanjay Leela Bhansali is to be believed, Gujaratis are the most colorful, passionate, violent, loud and lusty community in this country. So everyone in the fictional village of Ranjaar is permanently brawling, killing, drinking or loving.(more)

Source: Anupama Chopra, Hindustan Times

3.50

The film is a passionate celebration of love

In the end it is Bhansali - credited for screenplay, editing, music, and direction - who leaves his stamp all over the film. He brings great style and aesthetic to an unapologetically commercial film, which I'm happy to say is far more engaging than the lazy blockbusters we've seen lately. I'm going...(more)

Source: Rajeev Masand,, CNN-IBN

3.50

'Ram Leela' is an unabashed Bollywood love story

Ram Leela, director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's crazed tribute to Shakesphere's Romeo and Juliet, is a doomed love story of Ram (Ranveer Singh) and Leela (Deepika Padukone). Set in Gujarat, they belong to two different families who have been enemies for over a hundred years. The lovers realise that the ...(more)

Source: Sarita Tanwar, DNA

2.50

If 'Ram-Leela' had more roses than guns

In 'Saawariya', Bhansali had tried to do the same thing in palettes of blue and black with Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor. That world was more claustrophobic than inviting, and the film, despite the Kapoor lad dropping a tantalising towel, failed. This is much more in the director's familiar territo...(more)

Source: Shubhra Gupta, Indian Express

2.50

Deepika-Ranveer's romance shines but doesn't soar!

Ram-Leela is a lavish visual spread and is filled with moments of thrill, ingenuity and splendour but falters somewhere due to Sanjay Leela Bhansali's confused priorities and half-hearted romanticism, writes Sukanya Verma(more)

Source: Sukanya Verma, Rediff.com