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Critics Review
2.50
Kangana Ranaut Is Fine But The Film Doesn't Hold Up
Hansal Mehta's Simran works best when breezing along with a light touch, when Ranaut effervescently befriends bartenders and cheerily refuses to take no for an answer. Unfortunately the film, doubling up as a showreel for the actress, pretends also to be a drama, a thriller, even a sweet romance. None of these other gears work well enough, and the eventual result is tedious.(more)
Source: Raja Sen, NDTV Movies
3.50
Movie Review
Hansal Mehta is attempting a comic story. Nothing wrong there, but if is a tale that is being recounted in lighter vein, then it should have at least made the audience laugh some more. The only one who is having a good time here is Kangana. Whether she's docile or daring, the actress goes about her screen business with a flourish; getting her mannerisms pat. (more)
Source: Meena Iyer, Times Of India
2.50
Movie Review
Hansal Mehta's direction is disappointing and it�s nowhere close to his earlier films like SHAHID, CITYLIGHT and ALIGARH. Few scenes have been well executed by him though. Watch out for the scene where Praful's father watches the news and criticizes the father of Simran, not realising that he is insulting himself. It is quite funny.(more)
Source: Bollywood Hungama News Network, Bollywood Hungama
2.00
Kangana Ranaut's noteworthy performance fails to rise above cliches
Kangana Ranaut is the star of the film. Literally. Apart from her, there is not a single actor you can name. She is delightful in every scene and in character throughout. Only problem is that she seems to have played a messed up character many times before. But still, another noteworthy performance from her. Sonam Shah plays the role of the good boy rather well.(more)
Source: SARITA A TANWAR, DNA
3.00
Kangana is adorable!
Director Hansal Mehta has done as impressive a job in bringing to life the curious US Gujju milieu, where folks only think about food, feeding you up, pujas, Nathdwara, shaadis, rishtas, fragile reputations, fellow Gujarati relatives, Gujarat, brands, thrift, bargains and money.(more)
Source: Vaihayasi Pande Daniel, Rediff.com
3.00
This Kangana Ranaut film is tonally confused
This is really the strength of Simran: Ranaut�s willingness to be not-nice. She�s not going to play nice to get her way. She is downright dislikeable, in fact, and that makes her relatable. It�s also the creation of a character who has an inner secret life which is so much at variance with what Patel is on top. The layers instantly give the film heft.(more)
Source: Shubhra Gupta , Indian Express
2.50
Kangana Ranaut is brilliant but that is all
he performance of the lead actor in Simran is top notch. The film rests on Kangana's shoulders and she doesn't disappoint. She is in form from the word go. But the same cannot be said about the rest of the cast. Everyone else in the film is overshadowed by Kangana, the way director Hansal Mehta might have willed it. Simran is a Kangana film, understood. But it suffers from the lack of a strong supporting cast. Sohum Shah is barely passable as Praful's could-be husband Sameer. He tries hard but cannot hold a frame with Kangana in it(more)
Source: Ananya Bhattacharya , India Today
2.50
Kangana Ranaut�s film is a one-woman show but we wish it was much more
Hansal Mehta�s Simran is clearly meant to be a platform for its lead actor, Kangana Ranaut, to shine. In a role that is written for the versatile talent that is Kangana, the film has a faltering second half that is saved by the only noteworthy performance of the film � that of Miss Ranaut. A divorcee living with her folks in Atlanta, life takes a sudden unexpected turn after a night in Vegas. How a sober housekeeping girl becomes a thief under different circumstances is what the film is about.(more)
Source: Tushar P Joshi, Bollywood Life
