Deccan Chronicle: 4 stars "more violent than visceral"
Satyen K. Bordoloi, IANS: 3.5 stars "holds mirror to society"
Preeti Arora, Rediff: 3.5 stars "realism, Bollywood style"
Taran Adarsh, Bollywood Hungama: 3.5 stars "strikes a punch"
Pankaj Sabnani, Glamsham: 3 stars "spellbinding action thriller"
Spice Zee: 3 stars "power-packed film"
Blessy Chettiar, DNA: 3 stars "must watch topical thriller"
Minty Tejpal, Mumbai Mirror: 3 stars "worth seeing if you like bloody, real films"
K.K. Rai, Stardust Magazine: 3 stars "a fine movie"
Devesh Sharma, Filmfare Magazine: 3 stars "burns itself out"
Rajeev Masand, CNNibn: 2.5 stars "The film is engrossing in portions, but suffers on account of inconsistent writing."
Anupama Chopra, NDTV: 2.5 stars "plagiarising trend continues"
Naresh Kumar Deoshi, Apun Ka Choice: 2.5 stars "Mississippi Burning with Indian spin"
Sonia Chopra, Sify: 2.5 stars "insightful, meaningful stand on honor killings, it is not"
Janhvi Patel, Star Box Office: 2 stars "serious & disturbing"
Komal Nahta, Koimoi: 1.5 stars "more grim than entertaining"
Mayank Shekhar, Hindustan Times: 1.5 stars "heavy assault on your senses"
Deepa Garimella, Full Hyderabad: 1.5 stars "not recommended for those not looking for grief"
Sanjukta Sharma, Livemint: unrated "pity Priyadarshan equates audience interests with mindlessness"
Vinod Mirani, Indian Television: unrated "fails to evoke sympathy"
Vinod Tripathi, Reuters blog: unrated "movie gets most things right"
KN Gupta, Smashits: unrated "full of inconsistencies"
Avg. rating: 2.72 stars (49/18)
sanjuktasharma
ReplyDeleteAakrosh is a blatant copy of Alan Parker's Mississipi Burning. The burning cross is replaced by a burning trishul! Many such same things
sanjuktasharma
There's a a reason why Priyadarshan's credit is his films is "Filmed by Priyadarshan". He also accepts that he is no longer a director