• I’m going with one-and-a-half out of five for ‘Issaq’. Shakespeare won’t be thrilled. And neither will you.

  • Shubhra Gupta
    Shubhra Gupta
    Indian Express

    2

    Issaq is, then, an insultingly bad film.

  • Khalid Mohamed
    Khalid Mohamed
    Deccan Chronicle

    4

    Do let the bard rest in peace, guys.

  • Raja Sen
    Raja Sen
    Rediff

    2

    Issaq is a shoddily written film with a cringeworthy performance from its leading man Prateik Babbar

  • 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.

  • Madhureeta Mukherjee
    Madhureeta Mukherjee
    Times Of India

    3

    “Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs …” – Shakespeare. This love saga leaves us sighing …

  • Issaq will challenge your patience and drown you in your own misery!

  • 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!

  • Taran Adarsh
    Taran Adarsh
    Bollywood Hungama

    4

    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.

  • The plot is like a pack of cards stacked one above the other; a slight hint of a gentle breeze and it blows away.

  • Karan Anshuman
    Karan Anshuman
    Mumbai Mirror

    3

    Issaq requires tremendous effort and patience to get through (let alone like), and in the end, it is simply not worth it.