Shamitabh Movie Review

Average Rating : 2.5

Shamitabh Movie Review
Review By : Rohit Vats Rating : 3/5 Site : Hindustan Times	When Amitabh Bachchan repeatedly warned about Shamitabh’s Avant Garde approach in Shamitabh’s trailers, little did the audience realise that it’s actually going to be the case. The flip side of being experimental is the risk of being misunderstood, or worse, appearing confused. Visit Site For Full Review
Review By : Saibal Chatterjee Rating : 2.5/5 Site : NDTV	Dollops of stylistic flourishes and narrative sleights are added to the mix and stirred with utmost vigour. The result of the exercise is too uneven to be consistently enjoyable. Visit Site For Full Review
Review By : Suhani Singh Rating : 2/5 Site : Indiatoday	With a running time of 2 hours and 30 minutes and essentially two characters in focus - the speech-impaired Dhanish (Dhanush) and Amitabh Sinha (Amitabh Bachchan) - it is noteworthy that there is very little to discover about them other than their passion for cinema and their flawed personalities. Dhanish is a cinephile and bus conductor from Igatpuri who comes to Mumbai to make it as a hero. Visit Site For Full Review
Review By : Shomini Sen Rating : NA Site : CNN-IBN	Based on the two characters belonging to the film industry, 'Shamitabh' has Dhanush playing a struggling actor who needs a voice to make it big and Amitabh Bachchan provides him with that voice. How they succeed together and how their egos clash makes for the rest of the film. Visit Site For Full Review
Review By : Rohit Khilnani Rating : 3.5/5 Site : Indiatoday	What works very well is the flow of the story. Danish (Dhanush) is a movie buff-turned-film star. The openings scenes show Danish as a young boy in a small town who is crazy about movies. He desperately wants to be an actor, he has the talent but what he doesn't have is the right look and he doesn't have a voice, still he heads to Mumbai. Visit Site For Full Review
Review By : Bollywood Hungama Rating : 2.5/5 Site : Bollywood Hungama	The film starts off with the star studded premiere of LIFEBUOY, the debut film of 'superstar' Daanish (Dhanush). And at the time of Q & A with the media persons, when a certain journalist asks him a certain question, this makes Daanish recall his journey from being a cinema-obsessed small town kid who was born dumb to what he is today, the superstar 'Shamitabh'. Visit Site For Full Review
Review By : Raja Sen Rating : 1.5/5 Site : Rediff	Yet director R Balki seems newly aware of that revelation, and, it appears, believes that mere worship of the Big B-aritone is enough to make for a fine film. Visit Site For Full Review
Review By : Surabhi Redkar Rating : 3/5 Site : Koimoi	In the second half the film stretches into a dull plot that touches the mediocrity levels with unwanted twists. The addition of certain dramatic elements which bring high predictability in the plot spoil this otherwise brilliant effort. Visit Site For Full Review
Review By : Shubhra Gupta Rating : 2/5 Site : Indian Express	Much of what constitutes stardom, the way it is constructed in the world’s largest film industry, is part of the film. The connection between how a person looks and how he sounds, and how that contributes to the making of a star, fashions the two halves of `Shamitabh’. And the predictable face-off between the two provides some of the film’s most alive moments. Visit Site For Full Review