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5 July 2013Hindi141 min

Policegiri

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Policegiri is a action Hindi film directed by K.S. Ravikumar and is the Hindi remake of Tamil film "Saamy". Sanjay will be playing the role of a cop whereas Prachi, a software engineer.

Critic Consensus

Critical reception for Policegiri is overwhelmingly negative, with most reviewers condemning it as a formulaic, loud, and mindless entry in the South-influenced Bollywood cop film genre. The few mildly positive notices came from critics who acknowledged it as passable entertainment for fans of the Dabangg-Singham template or single-screen audiences. Common criticisms include an ear-splitting background score, silly and exaggerated action sequences, a threadbare storyline, and a Sanjay Dutt who appears ill-suited for the role. Only one reviewer found it genuinely enjoyable, and even that endorsement was heavily qualified by its over-the-top excesses.

12 reviews · 1 positive · 4 mixed · 6 negative

Praised: appeal to genre fansCriticised: loud, mindless, formulaic action

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Critic Reviews (12)

Shubhra GuptaTop Critic· Indian Express
2.0
"Policegiri is a remake of Saamy, and it is most certainly not a hoot. It is a terrible film, with none of the Tamil original's sense of fun, trying to boost a star who looks well past his sell-by date. There is not one thing about this film that is worthy of being watched."
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Saibal ChatterjeeTop Critic· NDTV
2.0
"For a film that is as spectacularly dumb, Policegiri makes far too much noise. The actors holler at the top of their voices, the action sequences are mind-numbingly silly, the background score can pierce through any cotton-wool shield, and the storyline is all sound and fury, and little else."
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6.0
"It is all fun to watch-loud, rumbustious, over the top, ear-splitting fun provided you are a Singham-Dabangg aficionado, and a Sanjay Dutt fan."
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Renuka Vyavahare· Times Of India
5.0
"Bollywood's fixation for formulaic cop films with south sensibility continues and if you don't have an issue with it, you certainly won't mind watching Policegiri."
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Taran Adarsh· Bollywood Hungama
4.0
"On the whole, POLICEGIRI is aimed at the single screen audience mainly."
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Devesh Sharma· Filmfare
4.0
"I'm sure Sanjay Dutt doesn't want such films as a part of his legacy. So for the love of god and movies, he should say no to such proposals in the future. He should stick to Gandhigiri and not policegiri."
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Shakti Shetty· Mid-Day
4.0
"For those who like to hear cracking of bones, watch computer-generated stunts and exaggerated violence on the big screen, 'Policegiri' might come across as a staple diet."
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Rohit Vats· IBNLive
3.0
"A song in the film goes like, 'Munna stud hai, aisi smile hai, jhappi dene ka public ka karta mood hai.' Well, not exactly."
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Gaurav Malani· Economic Times
3.0
"Policegiri meets with the prerequisites of the 'tired' and tested genre. Remake a South film. Overdo the action. Have a police protagonist. But for a genre that demands a topless torso, a paunchy protagonist is visibly misfit."
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Karan Anshuman· Mumbai Mirror
2.0
"Dabangg is now officially a genre. Overall the objective of the genre is to show a common, "honest" policeman as a superhero. If with one stomp of the boot, Baba can make cars fly, can Krrish do anything more impressive?"
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Sukanya Verma· Zee News
2.0
"Plots with threadbare logic rely too much on larger-than-life heroics to draw its target audience in. But none of Dutt's swagger is blustering enough to put up with a film as deafening, dowdy and drudging as Policegiri."
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Sneha May Francis· Emirates247
"Veteran Om Puri also makes a fleeting appearance, but tickles us amply but not enough to make us want to watch this movie. Take our cue...run, before it's too late."
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Details

Release Date
5 July 2013
Runtime
141 min
Language
Hindi
Genre
Action

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