Overall Review: Ishqiya is the one of the finest film since last year. Gripping drama, story, plot and performances all works with pleasure.
Verdict: Super Hit
Overall Ratings:
3.4/5Review Analysis - Based on 28 Reviews
Very Good: 4, Good: 22, Average: 2, Poor: 0
1. Rajeev Masand from CNN IBN: 3.5/5
Ishqiya, a delicious little film ... Complete review
2. Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama: 4/5
Ishqiya is definitely worth a watch. The film has a riveting plot, great performances, soulful music, an absorbing story and skilful direction to make the viewer fall in ishq with it ... Complete review
3. Anupama Chopra, Consulting Editor, Films from NDTV: 3.5/5
Ishqiya is the most crackling film you’ll see this year. It’s feisty and sly and very, very sexy ... Complete review
4. Gaurav Malani from Filmfare, India Times, Times of India: 3.5/5
Ishqiya certainly is a film you will fall in love with ... Complete review
5. Nikhat Kazmi from India Times, Times of India: 3.5/5
In Ishqiya lingo, the film is a sutli bomb (firecracker) that tickles and explodes. But for the hurried and harried end. Go, have a blast ... Complete review
6. Sonia Chopra from Sify.com: 3.5/5
Ishqiya is hugely enjoyable ... Full review
7. Martin D'Souza from Bollywood Trade News Network, GlamSham.com: 4/5
Every actor delivers and everyone involved in the making of this movie deserves credit ... Full review
8. Janhvi Patel/Hill Road Media from Star Box Office: 70/100%
Ishqiya is a masterpiece with every character perfectly cast! ... Full review
9. Jaya Biswas from Buzz18 Network: 3.5/5
You are bound to fall in love with Khalujaan and Babban ... Read this Review
10. Rajshri.com: 3.5/5
Ishqiya for all its crude colloquiality is a paisa wasool phillum ... Read this Review
11. Mayank Shekhar from Hindustan Times: 3.5/5
For a film set in a male-dominated, almost misogynist middles of India, you’re instantly struck by the leading lady, who comes across the most powerful character ... Read Complete Movie Review
12. Shubhra Gupta from The Indian Express: 3/5
Small-town India is where the real stories are. `Ishqiya’ blends place and people in a way only those who’ve lived that life know how, and gives us a film with desirous flesh and pulsating blood ... Read Complete Movie Review
13. IndiaGlitz.com: 3/5
A thoroughly enjoyable desi western ... See Full Movie Review
14. Spicezee Bureau from Zee News: 4/5
Vidya Balan starrer ‘Ishqiya’ has more to it than sex ... See Full Movie Review
15. Tushar Joshi from MID Day Newspaper / Mid-Day.com: 3/5
Ishqiya has a universal appeal. Anyone who loves to hear stories and drown themselves in the sights and sounds of a place will be delighted. The performances will have you gasping for more ... See Full Movie Review
16. Naresh Kumar Deoshi from ApunkaChoice.com: 7/10
Laughter Propelled Grenade ... See Full Movie Review
17. Noyon Jyoti Parasara of Sanskriti Media & Entertainment from AOL India: 4/5
Watch and fall in ‘ishq’ with ‘Ishqiya’ ... Read more
18. Kaveree Bamzai from India Today Group: 3.5/5
A film that's fun ... Read more
19. Minty Tejpal from Mumbai Mirror: 3.5/5
Camy and Brisk-iya ... Read more
20. Ashok Nayak from NowRunning.com: 3.5/5
Abhishek Chaubey's Ishqiya set in the badlands of UP, with crime, love, lust, deceit and conspiracies forms an intriguing tale. The movie is a tricky roller coaster ride from the beginning to the end with unpredictability and twits taking the front seat ... Full review
21. MovieTalkies.com: 3.5/5
'Ishqiya': 3 Sparks In Desi Firecracker! ... Read this Review
22. SantaBanta.com: 3.5/5
Watch Ishqiya for its crazy zany characters and excellent direction ... Read Complete Movie Review
23. BharatStudent.com: 3.25/5
Hardcore and serious, only for sensible audience ... Read Complete Movie Review
24. Nishtha Bhatnagar from News X
'Ishqiya' is ideally an out and out Vishal Bhardwaj film with his signature rustic stamp of 'Omkara' ... Read Complete Movie Review
25. KK Rai from Stardust: 3/5
A brilliant fare ... Read more
26. RealBollywood.com: 3.5/5
Wickedly funny ... Read this Review
27. Meetu from Wogma.com
Aimless love, sex aur dhokha ... Read more
28. Subhash K. Jha from NowRunning.com: 2/5
"Ishqiya" is the kind of cinema that you can love or hate, but cannot be indifferent to. The dusty, parched, sexually and spiritually arid hinterland renders itself effectively to the characters ... Full review
Ishqiya Film Details:-
Director: Abhishek Chaubhey
Producer: Vishal Bhardwaj, Raman Maroo
Banner: Shemaroo Entertainment, Vishal Bhardwaj Pictures Pvt Ltd
Genre: Crime/Romance
Movie length / Running time: 2 hours
Star Cast: Naseruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan
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