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Khajoor Pe Atke

18 May 2018Hindi1h 59m
4.4
from 6 critic reviews
User score: 3.0 out of 10, from 1 rating — not enough ratings for a verdict yet

What critics are saying

Critical reception for Khajoor Pe Atke is largely negative, with most reviewers finding it a missed opportunity despite its promising premise.

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Harsh Chhaya DirectorSidhant Chowdhry CinematographyBikram Ghosh Music

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Jeetendar, Ravindar, and Lalita along with their families from across the country rush down to the hospital as one of their family members in Mumbai may pass off anytime soon.

Critic Consensus

Critical reception for Khajoor Pe Atke is largely negative, with most reviewers finding it a missed opportunity despite its promising premise. Where praise exists, it is directed at the situational comedy and the performances of Manoj Pahwa and Seema Pahwa, whose comic timing is singled out as a redeeming quality. Critics broadly fault the film for overacting, loud execution, and a lack of emotional depth, with several drawing unfavorable comparisons to the Marathi film Ventilator. The consensus is that the film fails to capitalize on its concept and is not recommended for theatrical viewing.

6 rated reviews · 1 positive · 5 negative

Praised: Manoj and Seema Pahwa's comic timingCriticised: Overacting and lack of emotional depth

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Critic Reviews (6)

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Reza Noorani· Times Of India
6.0
Comparisons with the Marathi film Ventilator could have been valid, had the emotional angle in the film been a little strong. For now, 'Khajoor Pe Atke' is a funny situational comedy that lacks emotional depth, but delivers belly laughs by the plentiful.
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FridayMoviez Reviewer· FridayMoviez
4.0
We would suggest not to make an effort of watching this one on the silver screen.
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IANS· Sify
4.0
Overall, mounted with moderate production values the film is a mediocre fare worth a Sunday watch on television.
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Umesh Punwani· KoiMoi
4.0
All said & done, Khajoor Pe Atke is hanging on a very thin plot. This is a golden opportunity lost. A few funny moments here and there, that's it. Watch it only if you can laugh at anything and everything.
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Rohit Vats· Hindustan Times
4.0
Despite a promising theme, Khajoor Pe Atke is somewhere lost in translation. Thanks to Manoj and Seema Pahwa's terrific comic timing, the audience bears to sit through this 120-minute botched up relationship drama.
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Manisha Lakhe· NowRunning
2.0
A copy of the Marathi film Ventilator, Khajoor Pe Atke exaggerates in every possible way bringing down what could have been a wonderful situational dark comedy to something unsavory. A brother is about to die, and the family gathers around to 'be there'. Each person has his or her own motives for being there. Alas, instead of letting the audience decide when to chuckle and when to fall off the chair laughing, the loud comic sounds and the constant overacting puts you off.
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Details

Release Date
18 May 2018
Runtime
1h 59m
Language
Hindi
Genre
Drama

User Ratings & Reviews

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Community Reviews (1)

TE
Oct 2018

There is some comic relief in Harsh Chhaya's comedy drama Khajoor Pe Atke which tries to mock the serious issue of death by bringing members of a huge family together to mirror the opportunistic nature of human beings even in times of death and despair but ends up being a tone-deaf escapade that has all the social elements and cliches that we are currently trying to eradicate. TN.

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