Azhar Movie BO /Reviews

Shiva Satyam
Watched #Azhar, only one sentence to say "Don't Miss It".My ratings 3.5*.
Saalim Khan @saalim_k
Watching #Azhar , it's interval, I am unmoved from my seat..great dialogues, emotions, what a movie @emraanhashmi , this you hit out of park

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I'm going to watch this movie and give my review on it. I know Azhar in personal life and have seen this as first person. Azhar was a colorful character and it is hard to fit him in a 2 hour movie but from the trailers so far they are pretty spot on. Only time will tell if they nailed it or not.

KRK @kamaalrkhan
My review of film #Azhar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5aM911Iz0U&sns=tw ... via @youtube


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Azhar Movie Review

Meena Iyer, TNN, May 12, 2016, 07.19PM IST

CRITIC'S RATING: 3.5/5.

AVG READERS' RATING: 3.3/5


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Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Prachi Desai, Nargis Fakhri, Lara Dutta, Gautam Gulati, Kunal Roy Kapur, Karanvir Sharma and Manjot Singh.

Direction: Tony D'Souza.


Genre: Drama.

Duration: 2 hours 11 minutes.


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Story: A disclaimer at the start says that it is not a biopic on the life of one of the most celebrated and controversial Indian cricket captains Mohammad Azharuddin(Emraan). So the makers hoodwink you submission that it is not a biopic. But one has also to be blind, not to be able to see the similarities between Azhar's life and this film.

Review: You stay invested here because the material at hand combines India's two religions-cricket and films. Of course, this generation would rather see biopics on MS Dhoni or Virat Kohli. But, to give the devil his due, Azhar was an idol in the 80-90s. The film traces the rise of a prodigy born into a modest Muslim household in Hyderabad. As early as his 20s, he goes on to become one of the most accomplished Indian batsman and a paisa-vasool fielder.
Touching on Azhar's blazing test journey prophesied by his maternal grandfather (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), who tells him that he should invest in the flick of the wrist, not futile conversations, we are shown how the Muslim boy with 'Mohammad' in his name, becomes an overnight rage after he slams back-to-back centuries. It is interesting to see how cricketers like Ravi (Gautam), Manoj (Karanvir) and Navjot (Manjot) who patronize him initially, later resent his rise as the Indian captain. The trappings of fame also rock his personal life. He strays from his arranged marriage to Naureen(Prachi) to an extra-marital affair with a Bollywood actress, Sangeeta(Nargis). And if that is not all, his career is threatened by a match-fixing allegation that forces him to take legal recourse.

His desire to play a hundred tests remains a pipe dream because he is banned after his 99th nine. Without giving away too much, here one must add that the court-room drama with Reddy (Kunal) defending him and Meera (Lara) against him, is partly banal, partly an eye-opener. Emraan bears no physical resemblance to Azharruddin. However his


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All the best to Emraan and team. I want this to work for Emraan.

Akshay Kumar @akshaykumar
All the best to my friend Tony and the entire team for their film #Azhar releasing on 13th May! Hope it is #Housefull at the theatres


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Actually want this to work for Emraan & Lara

Originally posted by: TheBoss

I'm going to watch this movie and give my review on it. I know Azhar in personal life and have seen this as first person. Azhar was a colorful character and it is hard to fit him in a 2 hour movie but from the trailers so far they are pretty spot on. Only time will tell if they nailed it or not.

I will wait for ur reviews 😃

what is @srkat's review on this ? his analysis is always spot on !!

Saalim Khan @saalim_k
Watching #Azhar , it's interval, I am unmoved from my seat..great dialogues, emotions, what a movie @emraanhashmi , this you hit out of park

Originally posted by: TheBoss

I'm going to watch this movie and give my review on it. I know Azhar in personal life and have seen this as first person. Azhar was a colorful character and it is hard to fit him in a 2 hour movie but from the trailers so far they are pretty spot on. Only time will tell if they nailed it or not.

Boss jee, I am waiting for your review of Azhar and comparision with real life.

I hope that they do not glorify his affair with Sangeeta. Do makers have DARE to show Sangeeta's true colours? I doubt it. If they do, I am so watching it😃