Artist : Sukhwinder Singh, Kailash Kher, Mohit Chauhan, Amit TrivediAlbum : Bombay Talkies
Tracks : 6
Rating : 6.7500
Type : Hindi
Bombay Talkies Reviews By (72 % Recomended)
1. Bombay Talkies By Indicine | Zayden
Catch this film because the 4 stories take you into their respective worlds, and they make you laugh, chuckle, ache, cry, anguish. This film shows how far India Cinema has come in these 100 years. It makes you and the Indian Film Industry proud. Behold as the magic unfolds on screen. Don’t miss this film at any cost!
2.Bombay Talkies By Bollywood Hungama | Taran Adarsh
A film like BOMBAY TALKIES gives an opportunity to film-makers to step out of their comfort zone and try to create something novel. It's a podium that does not necessarily cater to the box-office or the diaspora alone. Also, it helps the film-maker to tap the latent talent that he/she possesses, but it's never nurtured due to commercial constraints. The challenge lies in not merely narrating a story within a budget, but also narrating a tale effectively encompassing myriad emotions…
3.Bombay Talkies By Rediff | Sukanya Verma
Bombay Talkies may or may not celebrate cinema in the direct sense. Except for its hopelessly tacky end- credits -- a complete waste of star power and resources, Bombay Talkies is an absorbing ode to the language of cinema that is part of our collective system.
4. Bombay Talkies By Bollywood Life | Suparna Thombare
The four films do not evoke strong reactions or delve deeper into the workings of cinema, but leave you warm and fuzzy with sensitive narrations and the magic of cinema. While cinema is tertiary in Karan’s short and ethereal in Zoya’s, Dibakar and Anurag’s tales deal with more of the social impact – which we as Indian Bollywood fans are already aware of.
5. Bombay Talkies By The Times Of India | Srijana Mitra Das
Bombay Talkies (BT) celebrates Bollywood's centenary - by deconstructing Bollywood's formula. Loving families, skin-tight genders, glittering stardom and happy endings get tossed about by the four directors here.
6. Bombay Talkies By NDTVMovies | Saibal Chatterjee
But do not let that put you off. In encapsulating the dreams, disappointments, falsehoods, flashes of truth, elements of emotional artifice and inescapable realities of life, these four stories, each distinct in emotional timbre and visual feel, do present, within their limited ambit, a range of cinematic expressions that are in themselves laudable.
7. Bombay Talkies By Koimoi | Mohar Basu
The film has only one essential flaw. The mesmerizing romanticism gets over bearing and the synchronization of the films’ stories fails to converge into the main thematic premise. However, each short film is deemed excellent. It is hard to compare four story tellers of such different styles, my story pick would easily be Karan Johar’s. But an overall unbiased view suggests that it is Dibakar’s film that was the most wonderful piece of cinema in the compilation. With every element from cinematography to acting and editing, all mystically well blended, he catapults himself light years ahead, aiding his story well by casting a flawless actor like Siddiqui. Zoya’s film had a narrow plot and still her excellent artistic bent of mind managed to blossom the story well enough. Anurag Kashyap has immortalized Amitabh Bachchan in the most relatable plot of the lot. His unbeatable wit that reigns through the film makes its ending so endearing.
8. Bombay Talkies By Bollyspice | Pooja Rao
For a country besotted with cinema, we tend to embrace it in varied ways. For some its romanticism, for some it acts as therapy, for others it’s an escape from the mundane reality to a world of limitless fantasies while for some others its pure entertainment. It’s an endearing thought that at the end, wherever we come from, whichever strata we belong to, we seek refuge in cinema, in some form or the other – its music, its stories, its fantasies and its lessons
9. Bombay Talkies By DNA India | Tushar Joshi
Bombay Talkies is a format that needs to be praised for its concept. The sequencing of the stories works and the pace is swift, never showing signs of lethargy. If this was a tribute to 100 years of cinema, then we need to have an array of directors from different genres pay such homages more often.
10. Bombay Talkies By Dailybhaskar | Mayank Shekhar
While these shorts from four different directors appear in the same film, it might be unfair to judge one against the other, only because the basic intention of each isn’t the same. If anything, Karan’s film is the most experimental of the lot, at any rate it is the most unlikely one from the director. Zoya’s is the most intimate, Dibakar’s is the most evocative, and Anurag’s is quite easily the most ‘filmy’.
11 . Bombay Talkies By Nowrunning | Mansha Rastogi
Although the tabooed topic of homosexuality and coming out of the closet is increasingly finding its place in Hindi film stories, it's pleasantly surprising to see Johar breaking the stereotypical mould of the family sagas and keeping his film as realistic as possible. He weaves the story with the lilting song selections of Ajeeb dastan hai yeh and Lag jaa gale running along with the narrative at the background. The film's predictability gets covered up by the impressive acting by Randeep, Rani and Saqib and the brilliant dialogue writing.
12. Bombay Talkies By Rediff | Raja Sen
It is also a film made by a maker less sure of the format. The camera is tight and intrusive, as it should be, but perhaps too eagerly, too often. There are a few too many shots of a more ‘cinematic’ composition -- of people looking on in loneliness from sea-facing balconies, for example -- which sometimes jar with a narrative this stark.
13.Bombay Talkies By Zeenews | Gayatri Sankar
All the four segments of the film are diverse in nature. Yet, there are certain junctures that could have been smoother and clearer. Though the film projects complex lives from different walks of life, it somewhere falls short of striking a deep emotional chord. However, the intense impact of cinema on the lives of people has been established with utmost perfection.
14. Bombay Talkies By Movietalkies | Jaidev Hemmady
All the four filmmakers, who have come together for this project, are talented filmmakers and what they bring to the table is their own brand of brilliance. Though Karan Johar’s story seems to be more about relationships than anything to do with celebrating cinema as such, he tackles the story with sensitivity and without treating homosexuality the way it is usually treated in other films.
15. Bombay Talkies By Indian Express | Shubhra Gupta
One film. Four segments. And a great way to celebrate the centenary year of Indian cinema. Bombay Talkies is a film that gives you what all good films should: it has stories, it has emotion, and it has drama. It has people you want to know. You want to tap them on the shoulder, and ask, 'hey, you got a minute? Sit, talk to me.' Finally, Bombay Talkies fills you with hope. If Bollywood can make a film like this, then it must be doing something right.
16. Bombay Talkies By Mumbai Mirror | Karan Anshuman
The films though dissimilar at the surface, have many common elements that intersect. The strongest of them is the obligation to family while an individual tries to come to terms with his/her own identity. I don't know if this was by chance or design but it's interesting to note that filmmakers with such varied styles and backgrounds have such a similar, passionate theme running through their films. On a more evident note are the themes of escapism; the idea of society obsessed with cinema; and of course, the crucible that is the city of Bombay.
17. Bombay Talkies By Yahoo | Rummana Ahmed
‘Bombay Talkies’ is an engaging watch. But you know it would have been interesting to see more such anthologies that are an ode to the 100 years of Hindi cinema, especially one where we have filmmakers with completely different sensibilities come together. Wouldn’t it be great if we could sample a film that had a typical Bollywood potpourri by Farah Khan, a dose of reality by Sudhir Mishra, a shot of horror by RGV (Ram Gopal Verma) and a dash of romance by Imtiaz Ali? Also, the film is a must watch but the song at the end is super boring.
18. Bombay Talkies By Filmfare | Rachit Gupta
Bombay Talkies ends in a celebratory song and dance sequence. It has a medley of old film song shots that lead into contemporary superstars like the Khans, Kapoors and Kumars singing for 100 years of Indian cinema. It’s fancy, unapologetic and fun. It’s a perfectly glamorous compliment to the surreal and serious content of the four stories. And it seems like a well-rounded representation of our cinema. Therefore, a fitting tribute. Go watch!
