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Issaq is a 2013 Hindi Romance film directed by Manish Tiwary and produced by Dhaval Gada and Shailesh R. Singh. The film is to be released on July 26, 2013. The film features Prateik Babbar, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Ravi Kishan and Makarand Deshpande as main characters.
Critic Consensus
Critical consensus on Issaq is overwhelmingly negative, with most reviewers finding it a tedious and unconvincing retelling of the Romeo and Juliet story. The film's cinematography received isolated acknowledgment, but reviewers broadly condemned the weak, poorly constructed screenplay and the film's inability to generate emotional engagement. Several critics specifically called out the lead performance and an overlong, meandering narrative. Few found any portions absorbing, and most considered the film a test of patience not worth enduring.
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“I'm going with one-and-a-half out of five for 'Issaq'. Shakespeare won't be thrilled. And neither will you.”Read full review ↗
“All that Issaq manages to be, despite all the sparkling compositions that the cinematographer strings together, is an unconvincing story of ill-fated love. It is not at all easy to sit through.”Read full review ↗
“Issaq is a shoddily written film with a cringeworthy performance from its leading man Prateik Babbar”Read full review ↗
“On the whole, ISSAQ is absorbing and convincing in parts, not in entirety. The final outcome could've been even more impactful had it not been stretched.”Read full review ↗
“Issaq is a tedious film which retells the story of amateur love. A flaky plot and wavering narrative makes Issaq a novel concept that is compromised at the altar of the director's need to prove his artistic bent. I am going with a 2/5 for this one. Those precious 2 hours of my life are never returning! What a tragedy – for me!”Read full review ↗
“"Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs ..." - Shakespeare. This love saga leaves us sighing ...”Read full review ↗
“Issaq will challenge your patience and drown you in your own misery!”Read full review ↗
“Issaq requires tremendous effort and patience to get through (let alone like), and in the end, it is simply not worth it.”Read full review ↗
“The plot is like a pack of cards stacked one above the other; a slight hint of a gentle breeze and it blows away.”Read full review ↗
“Issaq is a courageous attempt at bringing out a desi Romeo & Juliet but you'd definitely be more interested in munching popcorns rather than watching what's going on screen.”Read full review ↗
“With Bollywood inundated with glorious stories of love, this one just doesn't make us skip a heartbeat.”Read full review ↗
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God, its just horrifying to even think that there are people who think that they'll make lots of box office money or audience popularity by making screen presence in romances like these! Seriously, if you want to see the cheapest way we Indians observe Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' and want a slice of how a hyper male lover sings and dances with a *swaying skirts* female lover in a generic, poorly written UP setting, go watch it and dom't waste time in reading this. It is the most badly performed film of the year with no likeability.
