Ittefaq Movie Reviews
Avg. Critics Rating
Verdict: Cool based on 18 reviews
Avg. User Rating
3.0
Verdict: Cool based on 1 reviews & ratings
3.5
Suparna Sharma | Deccan Chronicle
Ittefaq entrusts all its cracking scenes and lines to an efficient ensemble of actors.Read full review3.5
Umesh Punwani | KoiMoi
Want to live 100 minutes of suspense? Go for it before the spoilsports come in to ruin everyone’s experience. By the interval, you’ll feel you know what’s going on, but sit back and see yourself getting proved wrong.Read full review3.5
Smrity Sharma | India
Ittefaq is a well made thriller in a long time. Watch it for some edge of the seat suspense, drama and mind boggling twists and turns.Read full review3.0
Shubhra Gupta | Indian Express
The film manages to sustain itself post that dreaded interval, the one thing that can sink mysteries. In fact, there’s more briskness and confidence in the way the all the characters come across, and very little time is wasted as we go along.Read full review3.0
Rohit Vats | Hindustan Times
The plot is not absolutely water-tight (the movie would have blown you away with its twists, if that was the case), but Chopra does put his resources to good use. Ittefaq tries its best to create intrigue, and doesn’t give the audience a lot of time to think twice about a single event. That is its biggest achievement.Ittefaq is a decent crime story that will keep you hooked, and guessing.Read full review3.0
Sreehari Nair | Rediff
As far as its final twist goes, Ittefaq is a whocareswhodunit but what it does have, as compensation, is the shock and suggestiveness of pulp served hot.Read full review3.0
Renuka Vyavahare | Times of India
Ittefaq is not a taut thriller that you expect it to be. But if patience is your asset, this unhurried suspense drama can be watched for Akshaye Khanna’s crackling screen presence, acting prowess and sublime charm. Why he doesn’t do films more often is the bigger mystery here.Read full review3.0
Meena Iyer | DNA India
…if you’re a die-hard fan of murder mysteries this one may hold some magic for you.Read full review3.0
Samrudhi Gosh | India Today
There is a slight touch of humour at the expense of the Mumbai police, that is quite enjoyable. But it is the mystery at the centre of the story that is the true winner of the film.Read full review3.0
Mayank Shekhar | Mid-Day
…don’t remember the last time I watched a full-on, no-nonsense, whodunit Hindi mainstream murder mystery in a theatre, with no way to talk about it but to urge you to see it, because that’s the only way we can discuss it any further. I think you should check it out, just so we can take this conversation offline, to start with!Read full review3.0
Anna MM Vetticad | Firstpost
Ittefaq may not be perfect, but it is clever enough. Bollywood rarely does thrillers well. This one is not brilliant, but it is fun while it lasts.Read full review3.0
Lokesh Dharmani | Masala
To give its due, the film is song less, doesn’t resort to the usual Bollywood nonsense of item numbers and is relatively tighter. A seamless smarter integration of its sub plots and a reasoned out story would have made Ittefaq far slicker!!Read full review2.5
Rajeev Masand | IBNLive
Ittefaq is crisp at 107 minutes, but not particularly brisk. It’s well shot and skillfully executed, but the big climactic twist is entirely unconvincing.Read full review2.5
IANS | Sify
A formulaic whodunit sans intrigue…The non-linear narrative appears confusing and repetitive for the viewer.Read full review2.5
R.M. Vijayakar | IndiaWest
We would have liked to give such a film (on the basis of its plot and its smart connection to the original film) a higher rating, but the plodding and uninteresting narration and flawed treatment make us remove one star and only acknowledge the effort made.Read full review2.0
Manisha Lakhe | NowRunning
If the lead actors: Sidharth Malhotra and Sonakshi Sinha weren’t so passionless in trying hard to be mysterious, this film could have been less painful to watch.Read full review1.5
Raja Sen | NDTV
To me, the big and mysterious crime this film brings to light is the way Sidharth Malhotra now finds himself typecast as a novelist. It happened in Kapoor And Sons, and it happened here again, in this film that describes him as a “mashoor novelist” and where cops chase a murder suspect down the street yelling “Ei, writer!” as if it were an expletive. Then again, to those who make Hindi cinema these days, perhaps it is.Read full review1.5
Subhash K Jha | SKJBollywoodNews
Do yourself a favour. Don’t watch this pale inert uninvolving remake. Watch the original.And see why Rajesh Khanna was the greatest star-actor ever.Read full reviewNR
Shilpa Jamkhandikar | Reuters
n his debut film, Chopra seems to have enough control of his craft to never drift too far away from the core; and even though the twist in the tale doesn’t entirely come as a surprise, “Ittefaq” still manages to keep you hooked enough to want to know what happens in the end.Read full reviewNR
Udita Jhunjhunwala | LiveMint
In order to be curious, fascinated, intrigued about these deaths, one needs to care about the characters, believe in their stories. The look and feel is in place and so is the big twist. These two factors make Ittefaq a serviceable thriller, but not a genre-defining experience.Read full review