NH10 Movie Reviews

Fancy a non-stop, relentless, edge-of-the-seat experience for close to two hours with your heart perpetually parked in your mouth? 'NH10' is that kind of a rare movie.

There is much to commend in this dark tale of a woman’s night out with psychotic killers. Most of all , it coils its serpentine narrative around its character with such sinewy charm that your come away from the experience shaken, stirred and sobered down.

It is very rare to find an action film, which is so believable and which will leave you dumbfounded. Anushka’s NH10 is the brave kind of cinema which I look forward from Bollywood, which is not afraid to entertain by telling disturbing truths of our society. I give two thumbs up for NH10. Watch it for hard hitting action, and Anushka’s praiseworthy performance.

It’s not often that you see a Bollywood film that captures a relationship between a loved-up couple realistically. In most cases, the impeccably-dressed woman is gratingly chirpy and the man is prone to making grand declarations of love while breaking out into a song or two. But NH10 doesn’t bow to that time-tested tradition of showcasing love and conflict. Meera (Sharma) and Arjun (Neil Bhoopalam), city-slick couple from Gurgaon near India’s capital with successful careers to boot, speak in a language that most modern couples will understand. They are fuss-free and their private moments don’t seem contrived or manufactured.

NH10 is a need of the hour. There may be many road trips that you have taken but there can be nothing as gruesome as this. Watch it for girl power.

NH10 is entertaining and creepy for most parts. It’s an example for perfect casting too. Darshan Kumar as the rod-toting brute, Sharma as the vulnerable woman teetering on the edge of sanity and Bhoopalam as her sensitive partner fits right in. It’s also devoid of melodrama, making NH10 an enjoyable ride.

Anushka Sharma lights up a cigarette at a critical juncture before going for the kill. That one moment does a lot for a woman breaking the shackles of a warped male dominated mindset in the heartland of India. Navdeep Singh's NH10 is a highly relevant film in these times of a necessary need for women empowerment. It strikes like a bullet and the stinging odor of revenge stays with you for long, even after the film gets over. At the same time, the excessive detailing of the violence doesn't make it an easy watch.

Navdeep Singh’s NH10 starring Anushka Sharma is a must watch if you like romance, thrill, action and good story, mixed in one single film.

Performances by Neil Bhoopalam, Darshan Kumar and Deepti Naval are credible. None of them falter, not even a bit in convincing you about their characters. As for the film itself, it does not offer the same conviction. It has the trappings to sway the average Hindi movie buff, some might even see a ggreat leveller in it. But to the Hollywood regular this one’s just another release.

Navdeep’s less assured hands don’t lend ‘NH10’ the punch it deserves. It’s a good movie but not great.

NH10 was not an easy film to make and it isn’t an easy film to watch, but give it five minutes, and it will suck you into its menace-riddled story. A thoroughly average idea and a flawed script add up to a gripping experience, thanks to Singh’s direction, Merchant’s editing and Sharma’s acting. That’s rare, particularly in Bollywood.

There is an urgent need for men to get involved in bringing an end to the violence against women and criticize it loud and clear every time it takes place until it ends in the end.Watch it as it speaks against everything that is wrong in our nation.