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Critics Review
2.00
Madaari is a lost cause.
The story in spite of having potential, fails at execution and thanks to its dramatic discourse, shifts away from its focus. I am going with a 2/5 for the film.(more)
Source: Surabhi Redkar, Koimoi
3.50
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF A COMMON MAN
Kamat's execution falters a bit though. He tries too hard to be ambiguous at times, when a simple storytelling could have been as effective. However, overall, his intent deserves an applause as Madaari shames the trend of rising apathy that is often misconstrued as resilience. (more)
Source: TOI, Times Of India
2.50
Madaari might be worth the price of a multiplex ticket solely for Irrfan's flawless one-man show.
Madaari isn't the first Hindi film to advocate a brand of vigilantism that borders on the fascist. Nor is it likely to be the last. But its point about the deadly distortions of democracy is terribly laboured and sketchily articulated. Terms like instant justice, kangaroo court, media trial, rule of law and ideal voter are bandied about. They do not eventually add up to much because the tale of loss and retribution that Madaari sets out to narrate is lost in a heap of cliches. (more)
Source: Saibal Chatterjee , NDTV Movies
2.50
MADAARI comes across as a thriller which holds your attention only in parts.
MADAARI comes across as a thriller which holds your attention only in parts. It lacks consistency and punch and will therefore appeal to a limited set of audience. At the box office, its business prospects will be limited.(more)
Source: Bollywood Hungama News Network, Bollywood Hungama
2.00
Well-intentioned but...
Madaari is a film that needs to be made. We need movies that will hold up a mirror to us and force us to look at the kind of society we are content to live in today. We need movies that will stop us from being frogs in a slowly boiling pot of water, absorbing the gently rising heat, not realising that, soon, it will kill us. We need movies that will awaken us, or shame us, so that we consciously refuse to succumb to a corrupt system. We need movies that will motivate us to teach our children the value of doing things the right way. Unfortunately, the well-intentioned Madaari fails to make it to that space in our hearts. (more)
Source: Savera R Someshwar., Rediff.com
2.00
Irrfan, Jimmy are wasted in this snail-paced vigilante drama
Madaari crumbles under its own lofty ideals and ambition. The slow pace makes the fall even more painful and enduring. And that it had two brilliant actors in Irrfan and Jimmy, who were grossly under-used, only adds to injury.(more)
Source: Sweta Kaushal, Hindustan Times
