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Critics Review
2.00
Hugely off the mark, Shraddha Kapoor�s film is dreadfully half baked
Haseena Parkar has incidents like the encounter of Pathan gangster Sammad Khan, the killing of Ibrahim Parkar and infamous JJ Hospital shootout in 1992. Unlike Daddy, the film hints that some members of Mumbai�s police supported the idea of fielding local goons against the reign of the Pathans. The Hindu-Muslim angle is slightly hinted at. This is the bravest thing in the film.(more)
Source: Urmimala Banerjee , Bollywood Life
1.50
Tries too hard to entertain but fails
Director Apoorva Lakhia has not tried his hand directing a gangster film for the first time. Earlier, his Shootout At Lokhandwala, which highlighted the real-life gunbattle of Maya Dolas in 1991, that released in 2007, was a good attempt by the director, but this time, he totally goes haywire with Haseena's life. Seems he aimed to make a gripping biopic, but it turned out to be boring and meaningless. One gets confused whether to sympathise with Haseena or hate her. (more)
Source: ROHIT BHATNAGAR, Deccan Chronicle
2.00
Haseena Parkar suffers from Lima Syndrome
Director Apoorva Lakhia has paid minute attention to detail and you are transported into the 1980s when Dawood began his ascent in the Mumbai underworld.Siddhanth Kapoor excels as the young Dawood whose only agenda is to eliminate his gangland rivals and dominate Mumbai's crime landscape.The real find in Haseena is Ankur Bhatia who plays Ibrahim Parkar, Haseena's husband. Clearly, Ankur is an actor to watch.(more)
Source: Syed Firdaus Ashraf, Rediff.com
2.00
Movie Review
Apoorva Lakhia's poor direction and penchant for making films on Mumbai's underworld dons that ride on sensation over substance, all you get is a tanned Shraddha Kapoor who looks like she's holding two kachoris in her mouth. The actress is 'lucky' to be getting biopics (she will essay the role of badminton ace Saina Nehwal next), given her limited acting skills. But let us clarify, Shraddha is not the weakest link here.(more)
Source: Renuka Vyavahare, Times Of India
2.00
Movie Review
Apoorva Lakhia�s direction is not upto the mark. It is indeed praiseworthy that he didn�t glorify Haseena Parkar completely. But it is bewildering to see how some episodes are not fully explained. For instance, Haseena's son Danish (Paras Priyadarshan) gets assassinated and it remains unclear who killed him and why. The same goes with the murder of Haseena's husband. But here one does feel the pain. Shockingly, the 'bhai' is never shown committing any major crime! Moreover, the sequence of Ibrahim Parkar acting in movies looks forced. The courtroom scenes are engaging at some places but otherwise, it gets unintentionally funny with the characters appearing like caricatures.(more)
Source: Bollywood Hungama News Network, Bollywood Hungama
1.00
Shraddha Kapoor is a misfit as the menacing don
It's impossible to look at Haseena without bringing Bhai (Siddhanth Kapoor) into the picture. Lakhia has a real brother-sister duo to depict the bond but the material is so listless that there is little Kapoors can do here other than she crying out "Bhai" at his many misdemeanours and he calling up concerned to say "Beta". There's a rushed overview of the Ibrahim family and its patriarch's chequered stint as a police constable; a protracted and too familiar making of Dawood Ibrahim the don and barely a glance at Haseena, a school dropout who is soon married to Ibrahim Parkar (Ankur Bhatia), a restaurant owner.(more)
Source: Suhani singh, India Today
2.00
Shraddha Kapoor's best efforts can't save the film
The movie tries to portray her as a victim of circumstances and thereby justifying her actions. There's also no doubt the world she lived in was far murkier than the one-sided, simplistic view that Apoorva Lakhia offers. Parkar comes across as the female version of Robinhood. The problem is also that it's a superficial attempt at telling her story. It never digs deep into the soul of either Haseena or her brother Dawood.(more)
Source: HARSHADA REGE , DNA
2.00
It is an utterly exhausting watch
Lakhia's gangster drama is a rather superficial fare which allows you to dig nothing about Haseena Aapa. The film unfolds as a courtroom drama with Haseena (played by Shraddha) taking us through her journey - a childhood spent in the burqa, modest upbringing, love for her brother, a cocooned marriage that ends on a bloody note and how a simpleton turned into Mumbai's most revered femme don. That's a lot of good material you'd say but despite sitting through all of it, one wouldn't ever know who she really was. It's Lakhia's failure that he never tries to bring on screen the human being his muse was.(more)
Source: Mohar Basu, Mid Day
