Sam Bahadur

"Without the fine balance that Meghna Gulzar strikes between ambition and restraint, neither the spirited central performance nor its emotional (and cinematic) payoff would have been quite as remarkable."

"Vicky Kaushal wins you over by being spot on, eyes a-twinkle, moustache a-bristle. It's hard to play a character so closely without becoming a caricature, but he becomes Sam Bahadur."

"Vicky Kaushal has delivered a commendable effort, but 'Sam Bahadur' falls short of being a cinematic masterpiece."

"Meghna Gulzar takes the routine route to depict the story of a man who was anything but routine, and that's where the major loophole is. The execution falls into the trap of being this routine army inspiration story, checking every stereotype you could name for such films. Vicky had everything going for being the best version of Manekshaw the movies could ever see; the writing lets him down."