Dasvidaniya - External Reviews

So-So by shivam sharma, AOL INDIA ...The background score is a charmer and so are all the songs. And there is a good blend of locations and colours on screen too! The background score is a charmer and so are all the songs. And there is a good blend of locations and colours on screen too... full review

Thumbs up by Aparajita Ghosh, Apun Ka Choice ...Dasvidaniya takes off very well but loses its gravity in the second half when a couple of uncalled-for deviations take the story off the course... full review

Thumbs up by Baradwaj Rangan, Blogical Conclusion, The New Sunday Express ...it’s a blessed miracle how director Shashant Shah skillfully negotiates the life-affirming-message-movie part without ever letting his film become insufferable.... full review

Thumbs up by roshni mulchandani, Bolly Spice ...The supporting actors are all ideal and seamless in their performances. Pathak’s real-life friend Ranvir Shorey is spot on The supporting actors are all ideal and seamless in their performances. Pathak’s real-life friend Ranvir Shorey is spot on... full review

Thumbs up by Preeti Arora, Buzz18 ...There's no attempt to preach. Thankfully even at the end the film does not get into a sermon about incurable diseases.... full review

Thumbs up by Deep, Deep's Home ...So, overall, a very good movie, very very different from what we see these days. Worth watching in the theatre and adding in your DVD collection... full review

Thumbs down by Udita Jhunjhunwala, DNA ...Director, Shashant Shah, is ably supported by commendable camerawork, production design and art direction, and by a supporting cast that infuses life into otherwise static proceedings... full review

Thumbs up by Martin D'Souza, Glamsham.com ...It's a marvelous movie, which takes you on a journey of self. A roller coaster of emotions. Every moment matches the mood.... full review

Thumbs down by Khalid Mohamed, Hindustan Times ...the tempo is so self-indulgently slow that you close your eyes, count sheep, snore, wake up, count some more sheep and wake up..and then sprinkle some water on your face... full review

Thumbs up by Rajeev Masand, IBN Live ...A moving drama that will undoubtedly leave you with a lump in your throat... full review

Thumbs up by Taran Adarsh, IndiaFM ...DASVIDANIYA makes you smile at several points, even shed tears [the emotional quotient is quite strong], but most importantly, reiterates the fact that life's a bubble that can burst any time... full review

Thumbs up by Gaurav Malani, indiatimes ...The emotions constantly fluctuate between humour and pathos. But the comedy isn’t slapstick and the emotions don’t get melodramatic... full review

Thumbs down by Harshita Kohli, indya.com ...All in all Dasvidanya leaves you depressed and heading to the door rather than sitting back and taking some inspiration.... full review

Thumbs up by Manu, manuscrypts ...the story shows how simple human existence can be, if only we let it be, how it is possible to love unconditionally, if only we let it happen... full review

Thumbs up Movie Talkies ...All the actors do a terrific job with their characters. The task is made easy by the fact that their roles have been very well etched by the writers.... full review

So-So by Anupama Chopra, NDTV ...Dasvidaniya is well-intended. It strains hard for poignancy but unfortunately it only manages to be predictable and plodding.... full review

Thumbs up by Ashok Nayak, Now Running.com ...What works for Dasvidaniya, is its very simple script, executed skillfully by first time director Shashant Shah... full review

Thumbs up by Subhash K Jha, Now Running.com ...There's something to be said about this sensitive slice-of-life cinema. And it's this. You really can't keep a good man down.... full review

Thumbs up by Varun, Passion for Cinema ...In the end it doesn’t claim to be a life-changing-experience, nor does it try to push some magic philosophy down your throats... full review

Thumbs up Passion for Cinema ...It is a simple film, with a simple story line, with simple characters. No out of the world melodrama, no larger than life characters.... full review

Thumbs up by Goher Iqbal Punn, Radio Sargam ...A brilliant portrayal of love and emotion,... full review

So-So by Elvis D'Silva, Rediff ...ome of the performances are wayward and certain cliches are adhered to with such a rigid faithfulness to Bollywood caricatures of yore... full review

So-So by Sonia Chopra, Sify Movies ...The marks of inspiration are obvious, from the basic story to little details like the doctor`s waiting room conversation.... full review

Thumbs down by Space Bar, The Spaniard in the Making ...Lists. This is my biggest problem with the film. Because, like Amar, the filmmaker has been unable to resist ticking off things he's accomplished in the course of the film... full review

Thumbs up by Nikhat Kazmi, Times of India ... The heart and soul of the film undoubtedly is Vinay Pathak, who reinvents the quiet, submissive common man, already dead with the weight of his dull, uneventful life.... full review

So-So Upper Stall ...The director’s inexperience shows in the handling of a plot that has so much promise.... full review

Thumbs up ZEENEWS.COM ...Dasvidaniya boasts of a fabulous script, combined with Vinay Pathak’s unbeatably brilliant performance, and some superbly good performances by the entire gang ‘Dasvidaniya-The Best Goodbye Ever’ boasts of a fabulous script, combined with Vinay Pathak’s unbeatably brilliant performance, and some superbly good performances by the entire gang ‘Dasvidaniya-The Best Goodbye Ever’ boasts of a fabulous script, combined with Vinay Pathak’s unbeatably brilliant performance, and some superbly good performances by the entire gang Dasvidaniya boasts of a fabulous script, combined with Vinay Pathak’s unbeatably brilliant performance, and some superbly good performances by the entire gang.... full review