Noyon Jyoti Parasara, AOL INDIA Rating: Thumbs up …Firaaq connects with the deep fear and empathy of the viewer and also makes one think. Strong dialogues help in this to some extent…. See full review |
N K Deoshi, Apun Ka Choice Rating: Thumbs up …Nandita Das?s movie Firaaq touches a raw nerve…. See full review |
bigoye.com Rating: Thumbs up …leads you to a quest to find the deeper meaning that it holds. It is indeed a thought provoking film, strongly recommended…. See full review |
Baradwaj Rangan, Blogical Conclusion, The New Sunday Express Rating: Thumbs up …It doesn?t seek to instill shame in us, it doesn?t attempt to dispense insulting band-aid solutions for a seriously sick society ? it just wants to be… See full review |
Aly Kassam, Bolly Spice Rating: So-So …Das manages to make you think by simply laying the situation out and allowing you to interpret it for yourself… See full review |
Jaya Biswas, Buzz18 Rating: Thumbs up …Despite a few flaws, one of the plus points of the film is its razor-sharp editing by Sreekar Prasad…. See full review |
fullhyd.com Rating: So-So …Firaaq is not made for mainstream audiences – it is made for critics and film festivals, and if it can find people who will pay to watch it, that’s a bonus…. See full review |
Martin D’Souza, Glamsham.com Rating: Thumbs up …The forte of this movie; it makes a point, then moves on, leaving you to draw your own conclusions…. See full review |
Rajeev Masand, IBN Live Rating: Thumbs up …It’s an unsettling film, one that throws up difficult questions and demands urgent responses…. See full review |
Indiaglitz Rating: Thumbs up …Nandita Das ? she?s prodigiously fantastic on her narration as well depicting the characterizations…. See full review |
Gaurav Malani, indiatimes Rating: Thumbs up …Firaaq has its stories evolving post the riots and steers away from any political overtones making it work as a basic human drama at the common man level…. See full review |
M TV Rating: Thumbs up …Firaaq is a noble film, an admirable debut, but you don’t feel the pain…. See full review |
Movie Talkies Rating: Thumbs up …A movie, which reverberates with the angst of victims trying to pick up the pieces of their life again…. See full review |
Anupama Chopra, NDTV Rating: Thumbs up …Firaaq correctly and quietly implicates us all. It is essential viewing…. See full review |
Jahan Bakshi, Now Running.com Rating: Thumbs up …Firaaq is best viewed as an experience than a film… See full review |
Subhash K Jha, Now Running.com Rating: Thumbs up …Nearly flawless, almost pitched perfectly to show the trauma of those who lose limbs, lives, love and faith in a communal carnage… See full review |
Vijay, Passion for Cinema Rating: So-So …It has arrived too late to make the arguments it makes, as others have beaten Das to it…. See full review |
Goher Iqbal Punn, Radio Sargam Rating: Thumbs up …A thought provoking film in every respect…. See full review |
Sukanya Verma, Rediff Rating: Thumbs up … Nandita Das translates the language of fear and its dialects through the medium of human emotions and their striking dissimilarity… See full review |
Sonia Chopra, Sify Movies Rating: Thumbs up …What Das seems to be doing is asking us to evaluate our own reactions to violence, rather than pointing fingers at those who spearhead it…. See full review |
Janhvi Patel, StarBoxOffice Rating: Thumbs up …It is abstract. But maybe that is the point Nandita Das is trying to make – that riots and violence do not make any sense and they leave us with many questions unanswered…. See full review |
Nikhat Kazmi, Times of India Rating: Thumbs up …The film rarely gloats on visuals of violence and death, yet each and every frame forewarns you of the depravity that lies within the human psyche… See full review |
Shoma A Chatterjee, Upper Stall Rating: Thumbs up …The most outstanding quality of Firaaq lies in that it makes its statement come alive against the terrorist attacks in Mumbai that happened much later…. See full review |