Pankh - External Reviews

Thumbs down by Aparajita Ghosh, Apun Ka Choice ...Sanjay Gupta being the producer, it’s a given that ‘Pankh’ will try to overwhelm its viewer by dint of its visual appeal.... full review

Thumbs down by Taran Adarsh, Bollywood Hungama ...Frankly, PANKH made no sense to me and at the end of the screening, I only felt sorry for myself since I wasted two precious hours of my life on something that wasn't worth it.... full review

Thumbs down by The Narcissist, Cinemaa Online ...Its duration being a short 90 minutes, it needed every minute on the main plot. ... full review

Thumbs down by Martin D'Souza, Glamsham.com ... PANKH is bold and in-your-face alright, but very, very crude... full review

So-So by ibnlive, IBN Live ...Amit Purohit seemed like he was trying too hard to fit the role of a ‘tapori’ stunt man. His stunts were cool but could not say so much about the acting.... full review

Thumbs down Indicine ...Bipasha Basu looks quite attractive but franky has nothing much to do in Pankh.... full review

Thumbs down by Sanjukta Sharma, Live Mint ...most of it driven by faux intellectual drivel and a servile love of everything “European artsy”.... full review

Thumbs down by Tushar Joshi, MiD DAY ...Like Jerry's Bipasha who's a figment of his imagination, an allegory that offers his inner demons a temporary sanctuary and refuge, the film too seems to be playing much in the director's mind than on the reels. ... full review

Thumbs down Movie Talkies ...All this abstraction and surrealism seems more like a narcissistic exercise and obscures the main focus of the movie. ... full review

Thumbs down by Anupama Chopra, NDTV ...There are some moments of startling beauty in Pankh – Sudipto obviously has visual flair - but mostly the film feels like a bad acid trip in which you are trapped with a slew of unsavory characters.... full review

Thumbs down by Ashok Nayak, Now Running.com ... Pankh, long in the making, is heavy on its message and bizarre in its theme with pretension of profundity.... full review

Thumbs up by Khalid Mohamed, Passion for Cinema ...Sudipto Chattopadhyay deals with the real, yes, but in such a hallucinatory style that his film becomes more than just a simplistic plot about the ghastly deeds behind the doors of glamour. ... full review

Thumbs down by Sampurn, real bollywoood ...First timer actor Maradona Rebello appears to have given it his all and has come out with a very impressive performance.... full review

Thumbs down by K K Rai, STARDUST ... Even Bipasha Basu, the stunningly beautiful bollywood babe who comes in different avatars (nine to be exact) in the film, fails to uplift the tempo of the film for the audience.... full review

Thumbs down by Nikhat Kazmi, Times of India ... Too surrealistic, too unfocussed, this gender-bender tale engages, but only in bits and parts... full review

Thumbs down by flyingrodent, Upper Stall ...They come across as too twisted and though there is a hint of a bittersweet life for all of them, the less than average performances and the over the top darkness that surrounds them does lead to a disconnect and disinterest in the events unfolding on screen. ... full review

So-So by SpiceZee Bureau, ZEENEWS.COM ...The film has few lighter moments although Mahesh Manjrekar has tried his best to keep audience in splits.... full review