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Shaitan - Wogma Readers Reviews

Shaitan

Rajeev Khandelwal, Kalki Koechlin, Shiv Pandit, Rajit Kapoor, Gulshan Devaiya, Kirti Kulhari Dir: Bejoy Nambiar

wogma rating: Watch when on TV ^(?)

quick review: I can care for a character if there's both good and evil within him/her. If I don't see the evil side, it scares me. If don't see the good side, what's my motivation to care? Shaitan doesn't explore any fights within, it's just one devil versus the other. If it weren't for the brilliant performances, Shaitan would look like it's Director, Bejoy nambiar and producer, Anurag Kashyap's urge to sew plainly written scenes with quirky treatments.

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External Reviews 3.9/5.0

Readers Reviews 3/5.0

Twitter Verdict 4.1/5.0

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6 readers have given Shaitan an average rating of 3/5.0

3 yays

3 nays

0 so-so

Thumbs down by guddu: Who cares for those shaitans?
Thumbs up by Vishal:
Thumbs up by Shruti Rai:
Thumbs up by Suman:
Thumbs down by Nishchal Diwate: 1 star
Thumbs down by Nikhil: It is pretty much everything I don't want to see in a film. It remained such till the end.

Shaitan - Movie Details

Official Sites: Website Facebook Twitter YouTube
Banner: Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Tipping Point Films
Producer: Anurag Kashyap, Sunil Bohra
Director: Bejoy Nambiar
Lead Cast: Rajeev Khandelwal, Kalki Koechlin, Shiv Pandit, Rajit Kapoor, Gulshan Devaiya, Kirti Kulhari
Supporting Cast: Rajat Barmecha, Neil Bhopalam, Pawan Malhotra, Nikhil Chinapa, Raj Kumar Yadav, Abhijeet Deshpande, Rukhsar
Story: Abhijeet Deshpande
Screenplay: Bejoy Nambiar, Megha Ramaswamy
Dialogues: Abhijeet Deshpande, Abhijeet Deshpande
Cinematography: Madhi
Editor: Sreekar Prasad
Background Score: Ranjit Barot
Action Choreography: Javed, Aejaz
Music Director: Prashant Pillai, Amar Mohile, Ranjit Barot, Anupam Roy
Lyrics: K S Krishnan, Sanjeev Sharma, Colin Terence, Abhishek, Shradha
Costume Designer: Shubhra Gupta
Facebook Page: Link
Running time: 135 minutes
Reviewer: meetu
Categories: Hindi Movies
Genres: Action, Crime, Docu-drama

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Shaitan - All reviews summary

External Reviews

46 reviewers have given Shaitan an average rating of 3.9/5.0. 30 yays, 4 nays, 12 so-so. See all external reviews »

Twitter Reviews

On twitter, 235 twitterers have given Shaitan an average rating of 4.1/5.0. 185 yays, 33 nays, 17 so-so. See all tweets »

Readers' Ratings

6 readers have given Shaitan an average rating of 3/5.0. 3 yays, 3 nays, 0 so-so. See all reader reviews »

Comments (13)

Top commenter

Rahul:

The music (apart from that track by "Bhayanak Maut") is quite enjoyable. And as you say, if it's got Anurag Kashyap it can't be bad.

posted 11 months, 4 weeks ago Rahul has posted 66 comments and has rated 6 movies. See Rahul's page for more details.

meetu:

**fingers crossed**

posted 11 months, 3 weeks ago

Top commenter

guddu:

We always knew Kalki Koechlincan play the doped out, girl-woman.well said.... Meetu i liked this part.You are absolutely correct the plot never displayed anything intriguing than the spoiled brats...taking down the streets...reminds me of dev d.Frankly speaking i went only for the sex scenes which was neither good or titillating enough.You know people have different mindset for seeing a particular film.I won't write anymore because Your review is exactly to my verdict.You really wrote the review according to your perception unlike most of the critics who easily get drool away with name and fame.Keep going Meetu.

posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago guddu has given this movie a Thumbs down (Who cares for those shaitans?) . guddu has posted 57 comments and has rated 23 movies. See guddu's page for more details.

meetu:

Thanks Guddu! What made you think there were "sex" scenes? Which "sex" scenes were there?

posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Top commenter

guddu:

IT'S BEEN WHILE SINCE I SAW AN ADULT RATED MOVIE.WHEN I FIRST SAW THE TRAILER.KALKI GOING AROUND KISSING ANOTHER GIRL RAISED MY EXPECTATIONS TO SEE IT FOR ITS SEX NUANCE.BUT AFTER WATCHING IT I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A RESEMBLANCE TO AN EARLIER MOVIE PAANCH WHICH WAS CENSORED FOR IT'S VIOLENCE AND NOT SEX AND I WAS FOOLED.

posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago guddu has given this movie a Thumbs down (Who cares for those shaitans?) . guddu has posted 57 comments and has rated 23 movies. See guddu's page for more details.

Top commenter

Vishal:

liked performances, liked music, loved cinematography, story could have been better ( but thats the case with 99% of things ) so net-net a very good movie

posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago Vishal has given this movie a Thumbs up . Vishal has posted 25 comments and has rated 19 movies. See Vishal's page for more details.

meetu:

@guddu ads! they lie all the time, don't they?

@Vishal that's one way of looking at it.

posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Shruti Rai:

Interested in acting/modeling/direction???Upload your portfolio on to Tumbhi.com.You could have a chance to get mentored by Anurag Kashyap.

posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago Shruti Rai has given this movie a Thumbs up . Shruti Rai has posted 1 comments and has rated 1 movies. See Shruti Rai's page for more details.

Top commenter

someone_talked_of10:

Direction: 2.5 + 1
Story: 2 - 0.5
Lead Actors: 5 - 1
Character Artists: 3 + 0.5

Dialogues: 3 + 1
Screenplay: 2 + 1
Music Director: 3.5 - 2
Lyrics: 3 - 1.5

posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago Suman has given this movie a Thumbs up . Suman has posted 20 comments and has rated 19 movies. See Suman's page for more details.

Nishchal Diwate:

I did not like the movie at all.
Music 'pintya gela', 'khoya khoya chand', was just irritating me.
I do think these movies take us to a completely wrong side, the side of doing wrong (the concept that there is 'shaitan' inside everyone/few).
Rajeev's role was good. Performances good.

posted 11 months, 1 week ago Nishchal Diwate has given this movie a Thumbs down (1 star) . Nishchal Diwate has posted 3 comments and has rated 3 movies. See Nishchal Diwate's page for more details.

Anu:

I agree with you. I too thought the end was absurd & abrupt. They tried to make the end look different but it wasn't somehow fitting with the movie. I thought the end was faster than the speed of the rest of the movie. Don't know how to put into words.

Also, yes, they've put all they could in the movie which was weird. They didn't even mention the real reason of the inspector's divorce. [comment edited because it gives the movie away]

Music, edits and performances were great! :)

posted 11 months, 1 week ago Anu has posted 1 comments and has rated 0 movies. See Anu's page for more details.

meetu:

@someone_talked_of10 awesome way of putting in your thoughts. Thanks!

@Nishchal ouch! hmmm...don't quite agree that movies have the power to make us do anything we don't want to do.

@Anu :D thanks! well, i thought they gave us a sufficient glimpse of why the divorce was happening, and not everything needs to be explicitly said.

posted 11 months, 1 week ago

Nikhil:

Totally agree. If you have time to read my essay on the film, and drugs and violence on film in general, please do. Thanks.

http://filmscool9.blogspot.com/2011/06/take-power-back.html

posted 11 months, 1 week ago Nikhil has given this movie a Thumbs down (It is pretty much everything I don't want to see in a film. It remained such till the end.) . Nikhil has posted 1 comments and has rated 1 movies. See Nikhil's page for more details.