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14 June 2013Hindi129 min

Ankur Arora Murder Case

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7.5+ Exceptional · 6.5 Recommended · 5.0 Mixed

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Suhail Tatari Director

Ankur Arora Murder Case is a Bollywood medical thriller film directed by Suhail Tatari and written by Vikram Bhatt. The film takes up an urgent and disturbing issue of death during surgery and is based on a real-life incident where a boy dies on the operation table due to medical negligence. The shooting of the film started after nearly one year of research and similarities to real life are in this case, not coincidental.

Critic Consensus

Critical reception for Ankur Arora Murder Case is mixed, with most reviewers acknowledging the film's relevance and intent in spotlighting medical negligence, but finding the execution uneven. Several critics praised the script's non-preachy handling of a serious moral subject and the competent performances across the cast. However, a recurring criticism is that the film fails to fully realize its potential, with multiple reviewers pointing to weak execution, sloppy editing, clichéd dialogue, and a sagging second half as significant drawbacks.

12 reviews · 5 positive · 5 mixed · 1 negative

Praised: Relevant subject matter handled earnestlyCriticised: Weak execution and sloppy editing

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Critic Reviews (12)

Shubhra GuptaTop Critic· Indian Express
4.0
"The film intends to be part hospital procedural, part courtroom drama, with a dash of chase-and-hunt thriller, all very Robin Cook-ish. But it never really gets there."
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IANS· Zee News
8.0
"This is is a far cleverer, wiser and relevant film than most of what we get to see these days. At a time when Bollywood is raining bubbles, this sobering clenched disturbing medical thriller comes as an invigorating cloudburst."
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"Tatari is a winner in his choice of a subject. However while the film is an eye-opener on medical skullduggery, it fails to become cutting edge cinema because the screenplay offers few surprises."
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6.0
"This is not a Satyameva Jayate and director Suhail Tatari isn't tugging your heart strings a la Aamir Khan. The intention is to highlight a different theme while ensuring that the narrative doesn't get into the art house zone."
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Taran Adarsh· Bollywood Hungama
6.0
"ANKUR ARORA MURDER CASE illustrates and spotlights on the gaffes in the medical profession most persuasively. A heartfelt effort that deserves to be watched!"
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"Ankur Arora Murder Case is a film that will scare you and make you squirm in your seats. It makes a significant statement that no life is less significant!"
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Karan Anshuman· Mumbai Mirror
5.0
"Ankur Arora has an important point to make and a scary reality to represent. Often we equate doctors with god-like reverence, but occasionally they might mistakenly believe that they are, indeed, god"
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"It is a well-meaning, proficiently crafted and competently acted drama about the wages of medical skullduggery. But Ankur Arora Murder Case fails to make a strong enough case for itself."
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4.0
"Performances are consistent with most of the cast going out of the way to try and deliver more than expected. The film engages you in the beginning but loses steam because of a its weak execution."
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Shakti Shetty· Mid Day
4.0
"The whole effort leaves one asking for more because it lacks finesse. Sloppy editing coupled with soulless dialogues and unneeded adherence to clichés play spoilsport."
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Mohar Basu· KoiMoi
3.0
"Following from the popular American sitcom Grey's Anatomy in its idea and execution, the film with its drooping second half, shallow approach and mostly overtly melodramatic screenplay packed with unnecessary dialogues make it a terrible drag"
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MTV Editor· MTV India
""Ankur Arora Murder Case" is one of the most gripping moral dramas in recent times. The deftly crafted script raises the question of right and wrong in the medical profession without getting preachy or hysterical."
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Release Date
14 June 2013
Runtime
129 min
Language
Hindi

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