Tigmanshu Dhulia
K K Menon
Prabal Panjabi
Vivek Ghamande
Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub
Shahid Movie Reviews Recommended By Glamsham - Martin D'Souza
Now for the main protagonist; Raj Kumar Yadav soars several notches higher with his finesse in performance and understanding of the character. He is 'pitch perfect' in every scene. Body language, voice modulation in key scenes, and even scenes where is 'just there'. Brilliant.
Shahid Movie Reviews Recommended By Sify | IANS
"Shahid" is a crucial document of our troubled times. It builds an incredibly gripping case-study of persecution and vindication. The treatment of the topical subject is never ponderous or polemical. Mehta has set out to convert the slain lawyer's valorous tale into an authentic exposition on the residue of retribution.
Shahid Movie Reviews Recommended By NDTVMovies - Saibal Chatterjee
Shahid deserves more than just a standing ovation. It deserves accolades for standing up to be counted and narrating the kind of story that is usually buried under mainstream media cacophony.
Shahid Movie Reviews Recommended By India Today - Vinayak Chakravorty
Shahid should let Hansal Mehta exorcise the demons of Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar, Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai and Woodstock Villa - past forays into Bollywood that were dismal duds and also critically panned. We get to see a new Mehta in form with this film, more assured of what he has to say, more in control of the craft of cinema.
Shahid Movie Reviews Recommended By India Today - Rohit Khilnani
Clearly Hansal Mehta has put in his best and has managed to touch the right chord with the viewer. This is his best work so far!
Shahid Movie Reviews Recommended By The Times Of India | Madhureeta Mukherjee
Mehta's film is brutally honest, brave and above all a fascinating humane story. Nothing distracts the dark and disturbing subject, the narrative is not found guilty of over-dramatizations; indulgence or loaded lines (like 'tareek pe tareek' and 'Milord', here). He finds a perfect pitch at crucial points - The courtroom interrogations, Shahid's subtle romance with Mariam (Prabhleen), and moments shared with Arifbhai (Mohammed, in a fine performance) are subtle, but stirring.
Shahid Movie Reviews Recommended By Bollywood Hungama - Taran Adarsh
With SHAHID, Hansal takes a giant leap as a storyteller, bringing his creativity out to the fore. By casting the most appropriate names for the parts, Hansal only cements the fact that it's the material that can sweep you off your feet. The only time the film falters is when Hansal doesn't provide details of how Shahid escaped from the terrorist camp and returned to Mumbai safely. The editing [Apurva Asrani] is sharp, with not a dull moment in the narrative.
Shahid Movie Reviews Recommended By Indiaglitz - Vishal Verma
Its highly riveting and a great surprise to find Hansal Mehta capacity to pull of such an astonishing statement on 'terror' and terrorist. Before this Hansal Mehta's journey has not being so memorable with 'Dil pe Mat Le Yaar' and 'Woodstock Villa' but here Hansal pushes up his ante with 'Shahid' for an uplifting, motivation moments on screen. Bravo.
Shahid Movie Reviews Recommended By India Today - Faheem Ruhani
Shahid is one of those rare films that re-inforces your belief in good cinema. It reminds you that there are filmmakers who will do anything to ensure that they are true to their vision of telling a good, compelling story, no matter how controversial, difficult, demanding the subject on hand is. Commendable that director Hansal Mehta makes no comprises, adopts no half-hearted measures in documenting the story of slain criminal lawyer and human right activist Shahid Azmi.
Shahid Movie Reviews Recommended By Deccan Chronicle - Khalid Mohamed
Given the biopic genre, the direction is intelligent as well as hard-hitting. Hysterics are muzzled. Hansal Mehta doesn’t use violence except to make you detest violence, and such humanitarianism is becoming rare if not not extinct.
Shahid Movie Reviews Recommended By India Today - Suhani Singh
Mehta's decision to shoot on real locations, many of which were Azmi's haunts such as Govandi and Kurla, makes the film more believable and convincing. Apurva Asrani's taut editing ensures that you are engrossed in Azmi's journey. Also noteworthy is Mukesh Chhabra's fine casting which features unfamiliar faces who seem tailor-made for the roles they play.
Shahid Movie Reviews Recommended By Indian Express - Shubhra Gupta
If Mehta directs unsparingly, Raj Kumar Yadav acts unflinchingly. His Shahid is a man who grows in front of us, the audience. He does a course correction and changes direction. For a Hindi film protagonist, this kind of arc is rare. So is this story, which calls a spade a shovel, and names names.
Shahid Movie Reviews Recommended By Rediff - Prasanna D Zore
What tugs at your heart the most about this film is its linear narrative. Thankfully, Mehta has taken efforts to keep away from stereotyping the Indian judicial system, the Indian investigative agencies, the community of the film's protagonist and all that is ugly about the system.
Shahid Movie Reviews Recommended By Nowrunning - Mansha Rastogi
Hansal Mehta who has lesser known films like Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar, Woodstock Villa etc to his credit comes back with a film so bold, taut and gritty that it makes you sit tight and notice. Right from fall to the rise of Shahid, everything about the film has you glued to your seats. The movie connects you within no time to the life-like story-telling of Shahid Azmi to an extent that you literally feel stabbed on your chest when his life comes to an abrupt end.
