Main Aur Charles Movie Reviews
Avg. Critics Rating
Verdict: Cool based on 18 reviews
Avg. User Rating
4.0
Verdict: Super Hit based on 1 reviews & ratings
4.0
Raja Sen | Rediff
A film that tells its tale with calculated intent — coolly, cleverly, taking its time — mirroring the dry panache of its self-assured protagonist…Read full review4.0
Subhash K Jha | SKJBollywoodNews
Charles Sobhraj gets an unexpectedly arresting lease of life in this gutsy lucid and robust bio-pic . Director Prawaal Raman sweeps us into Sobhraj’s exploits .Once in, there’s no way out.Suffer the seduction.Read full review
3.5
Suparna Sharma | Deccan Chronicle
Watch it for not just an incredible performance by Hooda, but also how smart biopics can be made. Not all have to be like Ketan Mehta’s Rang Rasiya.Read full review
3.5
Rummana Ahmed | Yahoo
…an intriguing tale, neatly stitched together – it seemingly reconstructs a single incident (the jailbreak) and the subsequent events. However it provides an ambiguous insight into one of history’s most astute “criminal” mind.Read full review3.5
IANS | Zee News
Overall, “Main Aur Charles” is a well-made intriguing film with realistic performances.Read full review3.0
Saibal Chatterjee | NDTV
Bollywood biopics usually tend to be horrendously bloated and overwrought. Main Aur Charles is anything but.If that isn’t enough of an incentive, watch it for Randeep Hooda’s alluring French drawl and Adil Hussain’s sturdy presence.Read full review
3.0
Meena Iyer | Times of India
Prawaal Raman does a commendable job of recreating the 60s-70s. He also gets his protagonist’s physicality and smugness bang on. Working on a wafer-thin account given to him by the real-life Delhi cop, Amod Kanth, Raman still manages to infuse life (at least partly) into this film and into the life of the notorious killer.Read full review3.0
Shubha Shetty-Saha | Mid Day
The movie is all style and very little soul. And that’s a disappointment as it attempted to tell a really fascinating story of a mastermind. But do watch it, if only for Hooda.Read full review3.0
Meeta Kabra | Wogma
They are stylish snippets that have little detail in the telling. Yet again, we have a film based on a real life personality that doesn’t tell us much more about the personality than what we new from newspapers or a quick Internet search.Read full review3.0
Priyanka Prasad | FilmiBeat
Although the movie does get a little confusing, Main Aur Charles is a good one time watch especially if you have an interest to know about this “Bikini Killer”.Read full review
2.5
Tushar Joshi | DNA India
Watch it for Randeep Hooda, his performance is the single most reason you might want to check out Main Aur Charles this weekend.Read full review2.5
Shishir Gautam | NowRunning
Watch Main Aur Charles for the thriller it is. Not for the biopic on Charles, which it clearly is not. Watch the film for Randeep Honda, not for a dose in criminal psychology .Read full review2.5
Sonia Chopra | Sify
This was an attempt to make an engaging crime-drama, hoping to cash in on Charles Sobhraj’s larger-than-life image. But the makers have taken truly explosive material and tamed it down, choosing to glamourize the villain to a nauseating level. The film had so much more potential!Read full review2.0
Surabhi Redkar | Koimoi
Main Aur Charles is too gimmicky and hence even though not Randeep’s but the film’s charm wears off pretty soon. It fails to come across as a potent criminal drama…Read full review
2.0
India.com Entertainment Desk | India
Given the list of his criminal activities especially the jail break in 1986 and considering the fact that Sobhraj’s case is one of the most interesting and intriguing stories in the history of India, Main Aur Charles is worth a watch.Read full review2.0
Pinkvilla Team | PinkVilla
In the end, the film throws up a bunch of interesting ideas which doesn’t come together coherently in the plot. The prime problem is that the film is too much soul and very less substance. It was promising but half-baked, with the thrills falling short in supply.Read full review
1.0
Shubhra Gupta | Indian Express
The film should have been riveting. But it comes off as a slapdash, confused collage of scenes involving the famous jail break in which the real life Sobhraj broke free with several prisoners.Read full review
NR
Rachit Gupta | Filmfare
Main Aur Charles is worth a watch for Randeep Hooda alone. Couple that with a fabulous performance by Hussain and director Raman’s control over his subject make this worth a very strong recommendation.Read full reviewNR
Gayatri Gauri | Firstpost
You don’t really mind the missing hard-boiled plot, because by the time the film ends, we are treated to well-shot frames and the amazing theme music. Style wins. The seduction is complete.Read full reviewNR
Karan Raikar | BookMyShow
Main Aur Charles is indeed a great attempt that recreates the sensationalism of the ’70s and’ 80s, but loses its way just when you’re hoping hard it wouldn’t.Read full review
NR
Anuj Kumar | The Hindu
There is hardly any intermingling of the black and white. Also, the jail break sequences and the subsequent chase demand more raw intensity than the slickness of the first half. And nothing is more frustrating when a thriller begins to sound like a drama!Read full reviewNR
Manjusha Radhakrishnan | Gulf News
…a grim, no-frills cop and criminal saga, but we wish the thrills were as potent and magnetic as Sobhraj’s notorious personality.Read full reviewNR
Nandini Ramnath | Scroll.in
Had Raman stuck with his investigation into Charles’s mystique and his self-mythologisation, this movie might have actually become the sophisticated biopic it wants to be. Main Aur Charles should really have been about the poster, not the case file.Read full review
