Aalaap Movie Reviews
2.5
Srijana Mitra Das | Times of India
On the upside, Aalaap makes an effort to depict people caught in troubled times. Sometimes – in a shot showing Yadav weeping without words, the blue walls of his humble home bathed in golden gloomy light, in an exchange between Bharti and Anna, in depicting a callous, clueless regime – it does that well. A lot of the time, it falters. But its sincerity helps as does its music. Debutante rock group Agnee’s composed more than a passable score, particularly the number ‘Paaparapa’ which hums away in your mind well after you’ve left the hall. Good job, Agnee – welcome to Bollywood. For the others, there’s still some way out of the woods.Read full review2.5
BMS Editor | bookmyshow
Review: They say music heals, it bridges boundaries, brings people together and is one of the best ways of de-stressing known to man. That’s......Read full review1.5
Ankur Pathak | rediff.com
Few films are good at tackling sensitive socio-political issues. The intention may be good but the film ends up trivialising the issue or over-simplifying it. Or, as in the case of Aalaap, offering naïve solutions that send out fruitless messages of peace and optimism. The issue here is Naxalism. The plot revolves around a group of four directionless youth, who one day witness the blowing up of a bus carrying paramilitary personnelRead full review1.5
Ankur Pathak | Rediff
Aalaap could have been better if it provided some critical evaluation of the situation by first time director Manish Manikpuri, instead of passing judgment on Naxal politics.Read full review1.0
Krishnakumar Padmanabhan | DNA India
Over the last few years, as Chhattisgarh was slowly slipping into the iron grip of the Maoists, the state establishment and the security apparatus began obsessing over, among all things, propaganda. They did not care about the plight of the adivasis. The state’s pitiable intelligence gathering record and the security forces’ ineptness did not trouble them. They did not even seem like they wanted to look the problem in the eyeRead full review0.5
IANS | IBNLive
With the state-sponsored Operation Green Hunt taking lives on both sides of the divide, this insensitive film seems like a terrible nightmare one hoped one had not seen. It’s an insult to each – civilians, soldiers and tribal killed in the conflict zone.Read full review