Helicopter Eela (U)
12/Oct/2018 Comedy, Family 2hrs 09mins

3.50

Helicopter Eela is a fun ride that manages to land safely despite some turbulence. Watch this simple and endearing tale of motherly love with your mom in tow.

Kajol hits all the right notes, be it as a singer on the cusp of hitting super stardom, or as a doting mother. She lights up the screen with an effortless charm. Tota Roy Chowdhury adequately pitches in as her supportive partner. However, there is a visible lack of chemistry between the two. Nationa...(more)

Source: Ronak Kotecha, Times Of India

1.50

Kajol starrer is saddled with banal story-telling

Helicopter Eela is so saddled with banal story-telling, stretched sub-plots and exaggerated performances, including and especially from the lead actress, that it never really takes off.(more)

Source: Shubhra Gupta, Indian Express

1.50

Kajol And Riddhi Sen's Film Is A Massive Letdown

The problem with Helicopter Eela is that it allows the drama to trump its comic potential. A little more wit and humour and a little less earnestness might have given the film the wings it wants. After a disappointingly predictable and patchy two hours, the climax, too, does little to help the audie...(more)

Source: Saibal Chatterjee , NDTV Movies

2.00

This soppy Kajol film never takes off

The film doesn't work as hard, with college students using volumes of the World Book for research, and a young man with a thickly Bengali accent playing Eela's half-Maharashtrian, half-Punjabi son. In a throwback to Kuch Kuch Hota Hai's infamously unplugged electric guitars, Kajol even conquers a s...(more)

Source: Raja Sen., Hindustan Times

2.00

Kajol over-acts, Riddhi Sen is top-notch in a funny but superficial Mom com

Helicopter Eela means well, but it ends up as an often fun but almost entirely superficial film, a sort of English Vinglish without depth.(more)

Source: Anna MM Vetticad, Firstpost.com

2.00

This Film Needed Helicopter Parenting!

Helicopter Eela is one boring film with good performances by Kajol and Riddhi Sen. Too much of forced melodrama and annoying character graph of Kajol eats up the fun from the film. It's a golden opportunity lost!(more)

Source: Umesh Punwani, Koimoi

3.50

A sweet tale that has Kajol written all over it!

Helicopter Eela is a cute one-time watch with your family, so once you have seen Tumbbad and have nothing else to do, go ahead with Helicopter Eela, especially if you are a Kajol fan, since she doesn't disappoint in her acting.(more)

Source: SHAHEEN IRANI, Deccan Chronicle

2.00

HELICOPTER EELA is a poorly made film and has too many loose ends and silly moments.

Pradeep Sarkar's direction is very weak. He has given some decent films in the past but HELICOPTER EELA is his worst film yet for sure. Also the film is titled so since Eela hovers around her son like a helicopter. But this is not explained properly in the film. Hence the viewers would be confused w...(more)

Source: Bollywood Hungama News Network, Bollywood Hungama