Deva

“Shahid Kapoor anchors the adroitly mounted thriller buoyed by a screenplay that, to great effect, significantly alters the plot of the film”

“Shahid Kapoor cannot get past that, getting stuck in a flat, stylised delivery, for the most part. There are at least a couple of instances when Shahid Kapoor does come alive, reminding us of the actor that he can be, but you wish there were more of these, rather than the loose threads and the long slack-blah stretches which make you feel every minute of its nearly two-and-a-half hour length.”

“The film has inconsistencies, however, its intensity, raw appeal, and slick execution make it worth watching.”

“Irrespective of the flawed second half, especially the climax, Deva is definitely one of Shahid Kapoor's strongest works. The actor puts his heart and soul into this one, which is reflected in every frame. This promises to be a treat for all the die-hard fans of the actor.”

“DEVA is a mixed bag. It has good performances but weak writing.”

“Shahid Kapoor turns a cop who is ready for bhasad in Deva. The Rosshan Andrrews film, which is a remake of Mumbai Police, shoulders on the leading man's performance.”

“Shahid's heft is the only thing that keeps up the momentum in a mediocre rehash, dumbed down by flimsy motive and mindless bravado. Deva is a remake that undermines the moral dilemma and irony of the original by asserting its hypermasculinity to the hilt, forsaking the nuances of the Malayalam school of filmmaking for boisterous song and dance and slow-motion machismo.”

“Underwhelming. That's the one word review of Deva. Overall, Deva had so much potential to give us a massy character, who is always on the edge, truly unpredictable. What we get is a predictable story with an in-form Shahid.”

“Style resoundingly trumps substance in Andrews's first Bollywood outing, which is extraordinarily good-looking but has neither a halfway convincing plot nor engaging characters. Despite superb visuals and a blazing Shahid Kapoor, Deva is as cold to the touch as its treatment of weighty themes such as guilt, culpability and redemption is clinical.”

“'Deva' is a Bollywood cop-out of a daring Malayalam original that, despite better production values, fails to capture the essence of its source material and wastes Shahid Kapoor's talent.”

“I blame the current and frustrating fetish of the audience to watch 'Mass' cinema that we glorify flawed people and their perverted understanding of machoism”