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Inkaar

18 January 2013Hindi2h 13m
CrimeDramaRomance
out of 10
Mixedlukewarm or divided
Monk Score · 9 critic reviews

A rare corporate harassment premise let down by a weak, unsatisfying climax.

Verdict tier Mixed, lukewarm or divided, on a scale of Unfavorable, Mixed, Recommended, Exceptional.

  • Praised: Ambitious and uncommon premise
  • Criticised: Weak, disappointing climax

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Critical reception for Inkaar is mixed, with most reviewers acknowledging its relatively ambitious premise — sexual harassment in the corporate workplace — as a rare and worthwhile subject for Hindi cinema. Several critics noted that the film's early passages and peripheral tensions, such as office politics and ego clashes, are handled with some competence. However, the dominant criticism is that the film fails to sustain its promise, with multiple reviewers independently pointing to a weak, cop-out climax and a collapse in the narrative's latter half. A small minority found it a noteworthy effort from Sudhir Mishra, but the majority consensus leans toward disappointment at unrealized potential.

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Critic reviews (9)

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  1. Top critic

    Hindustan Times

    Film review ·

    There are too many cheesy parties where everyone gets drunk, and the climax is a staggeringly disappointing cop-out. It undermines everything that has gone before.

  2. Top critic

    NDTV

    Film review ·

    Sexual harassment in the workplace isn't the kind of premise that Hindi cinema tackles every other day. In that respect, Sudhir Mishra's Inkaar is anything but an average Mumbai film. For the most part, it steers clear of the convenient certitudes that underpin popular movie narratives.

  3. Top critic

    IBNLive

    Film review ·

    This is a half watchable film despite all that melodrama flying around. Sadly, if it had kept its head, this thriller could have gone places.

  4. Top critic

    Indian Express

    Film review ·

    Inkaar could have been truly radical. But it becomes a film that prefers to cop out, rather than deliver on the promise it held out so bravely in its initial passages.

  7. Times Of India

    Film review ·

    Polished-looking, its edges - the tension of feeling harassed at work, office politics, ego flashes - hold rather well. But its centre collapses in a soft mess.

  8. DNA India

    Film review ·

    There are rare moments in Inkaar that click, like Mishra cheekily referencing his own film, when at an ad film presentation for a condom brand, Verma comes up with the tagline, Iss Raat Ki Subah Nahi. The film, though, comes nowhere close to that, or any other, Mishra film. If you're wise, you'll refuse the offer to watch Inkaar at the multiplex near you.

  9. Rediff

    Film review ·

    What could have been an engrossing take on modern-day relationships in a frantic, workaholic culture is single-handedly destroyed by warped publicity and ridiculous conclusions.

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