27 reviewers have given Khoya Khoya Chand an average rating of 1.9/5.0 (?)
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So-So by N K Deoshi, Apun Ka Choice ...Soha Ali Khan has been given a very complex role to enact and she does shine in many scenes... full review
Thumbs down by Baradwaj Rangan, Blogical Conclusion, The New Sunday Express ...Had we taken to heart Zafar and Nikhat, had they been all that they could have been, we wouldn’t be left with the niggling questions... full review
Thumbs up by Subhash K Jha, Bollywood Mantra ...Its appeal lies in the onion effect that writer-director Sudhir Mishra creates while ruthlessly denying that sentimental quality which makes movies about the past so moist and dewy.... full review
Thumbs down by Anand Vaishnav, Buzz18 ...You don't really feel for the two because their love gets lost in the overwritten plot.... full review
Thumbs down by Bikas Mishra, DearCinema ...The film lacks everything that Sudhir Mishra is known for... full review
So-So by Aniruddha Guha, DNA ...the makers try to pack in a little too much, and this becomes the film's biggest undoing.... full review
Thumbs down by Martin D'Souza, Glamsham.com ...After some time, you stop taxing your brain and just slip deeper into your seat.... full review
So-So by Khalid Mohamed, Hindustan Times ...Still, you want to hug Mishra for the Herculean effort invested in the recreation of the period atmosphere... full review
So-So by Rajeev Masand, IBN Live ...There's so much to admire ... heartfelt homage to those glorious years of black-and-white movie-making. If only someone told him when to stop.... full review
Thumbs down by Taran Adarsh, IndiaFM ...It's for a niche audience with an appetite for unconventional movies, catering more to the festival circuit and a tiny section of moviegoers.... full review
Thumbs down by Praveen Lance Fernandes, indiatimes ... Shiney Ahuja is his regular self. He’s getting there but still is yet to arrive.... full review
Thumbs down Indicine ...The movie fails to make an appeal because of its inconsistent pace.... full review
Thumbs up by Abhijit Mhamunkar, indya.com ...Vinay Pathak is good. Saurabh Shukla successfully brings in the maximum laughs as the loud Punjabi producer.... full review
Thumbs up by Anu Kamat, Intermission, The Bookeazy Blog ...Each and every dialogue is a treat to hear.... full review
Thumbs up by Vaibhav Wankhede, M TV ...The climax takes long time to actually.. er climax but then the overall film is quite watchable... full review
So-So Movie Talkies ...still has enough to have you rivetted to the screen for at least the first half and a majority of the second half... full review
Thumbs down by Padmaja Thakore, Passion for Cinema ...themes and scenes jostle with each other without finding specific and meaningful place in the film... full review
Thumbs down by Phoenixnu, Passion for Cinema ...And such an amzing title track has been used in so uncreative way... full review
Thumbs up by Utpal Borpujari, Passion for Cinema ...KKC is a film that should be watched purely for its powerful narration of a love story that could have been set in any other background... full review
Thumbs down by Thani, Passion for Cinema ...There’s so much of film-in-the-film we’re made to witness that it becomes tiring & wish it had more of Sudhir Mishra’s film than his alter-ego Zafar’s... full review
So-So by Hanumant Bhansali, Radio Sargam ...Cinematography is good, art direction is not upto the mark as the sets don’t look like the ones shown in the movies made in the 60s era.... full review
Thumbs up by Raja Sen, Rediff ...I must admit to being clueless as to how the audience unconnected professionally with cinema will perceive it.... full review
Thumbs up by Sonia Chopra, Sify Movies ...Mishra, in an interview, had stated that his film is about passion – and it’s clear why. Because the word passion manifests itself in many ways throughout the film... full review
Thumbs down by Naomi Datta, Times Now ...Soha just doesn't get the torment of an unfulfilled life and love right... full review
So-So by Nikhat Kazmi, Times of India ... And the loosely-edited second half leaves you fidgeting in your seat, ever so often... full review
Thumbs down Upper Stall ...Shots and scenes look like they have been thought of without a proper beginning, development and end... full review
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i couldnt help but wonder if this could have been a better movie had mishra got the casting of his principal characters right ..soha was good as an aspiring and upcoming startlet but when she had to transform in to meena kumari like doomed actress she was just not believable and definitely the director could have done better than to cast rajat kapoor as the ageing superstar , he just doesnt have the range to play out this complex character .
also it was quite funny to watch this "circle of love" unfold with prem kumar ,nikhat ,ratnabali and zafar sleeping with each other at some point of time (of course not zafar and prem kumar LOL !) ..reminded me of "Closer".
the film does have some nice moments but overall just doesnt work as a whole , the episodic fragmented narrative fails to captivate through the movie's length and movie starts to feel long ,really long . was this the longest film ive seen this year or it just felt that way , have to check the movie's running duration!!
I have just seen this film and would like to say i found it completely mind-blowing. It was such a refreshing change to watch compared to the rest of these big budget bollywood 'hits'. It was filmed, scripted & crafted so well, it succesfully transports you into the hindi film industry of the 60s of dinner parties, painted film posters etc. You feel as though u r those times watching this story happening right infront of your eyes. The acting of all actors is superb with not a single actor over/underacting there part, the best performances coming from soha & Rajat Kapoor. The story feels so real yet entertaining, that never at one pt does it become predictable, the acting is flawless & never lets down the story so much so you come out of the film thinking this actually happened in the 60s. I diagree with the reviewr as the ending is not predictable...in fact its anyhting but a typical boy-meets-girl live happily evr after story. So If you want to watch class indian cinema far above anything which is out right now, well crafted story, superb acting & be touched by a film, I urge you to watch this film. Well done Sudhir Mishra, thk you for making such an amazing film...It truly touched evry1 in the cinema
Well...I have mixed views of this one too. You can check it out on my page at http://blog.veds70mm.com
Awaiting your detailed views
O-ho, Morph, we agree on a movie! For the split second between when your comment was downloading in my inbox and when I read it, I was thinking, "wonder what Morph liked in this one?"
I completely agree with you about casting too. The side effect of agreement though is that there is no further discussion, all we can do is some general movie-bashing. Where's the fun in that?
Sana, somehow the movie didn't work for me. Just being unpredictable is not enough. What uncovers has to somehow have relevance with the rest of the movie, which doesn't quite happen here.
Thanks for the comments Morph and Sana!
I think Meetu, you've really under rated this movie :-). You could have easily given one more star to it.
> Khoya Khoya Chand revolves around Nikhat and her relationships.
I don' think so. It revolves around passion, love, hunger of success, changing priorities of life, pain of being ahead of your time... and more than everything it revolves around the golden era of cinema, and what those people suffered from.
> But, after having blindly accepted that, I think I deserve a peep into how the couple spends time together and how they grow apart.
Here also I don't agree with you. Someone gave a reference to Closer. Closer is more about lust, possessiveness, jealousy, lies and all such kind of negativity.
Where as KKC is delicate movie. For me KKC has only one love story, story of Nikhat and Zafar, unless you are thinking making love with someone is equivalent to loving that person.
I think, you under rated dialogues also. Few of the dialogues were really brilliant.
> And the other technical aspects are extraordinarily bizarre.
I agree with this.
Regards,
- Ashish K.
Hallo,
Meetu I have read your review. You are terribly wrong about this film. Your writing shows the immatureness writing film criticism. You need to watch world cinema. You need to join film appreciation classes.
I am a film graduate and a film professor I also make films. Today when I was just searching net I came across your review.
Film making is a very compels affair. Human life is a mystery. This film offers; Film inside a film. We are offered fiction which is there in the film they make and the reality which is the rest of the film. We may find relationship between them at some point and may not find at some point. Try and see the character and their personal life. What they do and what do they say. You may find a difference in it. What is that difference?
You need to think. You will not get every thing on platter. You have to find it.
Director compel us to compare fiction vs non fiction.
Best of luck.
@Rahul well, if they are any certificates, i am exposed to world cinema and also did the film appreciation course at FTII, Pune 3 years ago.
I hopefully have learnt over the years and become a better reader of films. Maybe just maybe, if I saw the film again, I'd like it a shade or two better, but there are so many other films that I haven't seen, and somehow I don't think a second viewing is worth the effort. I appreciate your take on the film. But, if a movie doesn't make me feel like watching it again, it has said what it has to say to me, right?
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