Strong lead turns carry this small-town story before its second half unravels.
Verdict tier Mixed, lukewarm or divided, on a scale of Unfavorable, Mixed, Recommended, Exceptional.
Critic consensus
Critical reception for Sui Dhaaga is mixed to moderately positive, with most reviewers landing in the 60/100 range. The lead performances of Varun Dhawan and Anushka Sharma are the most consistently praised element across reviews, with several critics singling out Dhawan's willingness to play against type and both actors' chemistry. The most common criticism is that the film loses momentum in its second half, with an unconvincing and disjointed climax that undercuts the more intimate, nuanced tone established earlier. A handful of critics also note the screenplay's predictability and its failure to match the layered quality of director Sharat Katariya's previous film, Dum Laga Ke Haisha.
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So Sui Dhaaga: Made In India is unsatisfying but also poignant. I think the best analogy might be Anu Malik's song in the film – Chaav Laaga, which isn't as soul stirring as Moh Moh Ke Dhaage from Dum Laga Ke Haisha – but it's still worth listening to.
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The only trouble with the Anushka Sharma and Varun Dhawan's Sui Dhaaga is its total predictability: you know what's coming miles before the characters do.
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Anushka Sharma, Varun Dhawan film is as exciting as watching a shirt-pocket get monogrammed with a familiar logo.
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No overblown drama, no weepy speech, Sui Dhaaga's sunshine spirit and throwaway nok jhonk pervades the uncertainty and exploitation...
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Varun Dhawan surprises with his willingness to take risks. Who would have thought he could play a docile character with such ease? He weaves his suits and charm with equal finesse. Anushka Sharma holds her own and never lets anyone snatch her spotlight.
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Sui Dhaaga is sewn together with strong performances and moments that tell a convincing story.
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Sui Dhaaga has a spirited Varun and some truly witty dialogue. You can toss a coin and decide whether or not to watch it for this young actor, who carries the burden of this mediocre film with his never-say-die spirit.
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Anushka Sharma, Varun Dhawan are sweet in this rallying cry for self-sufficiency and self-respect...
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Sui Dhaaga starring Varun Dhawan and Anushka Sharma is director Sharat Katariya's second film after Dum Laga Ke Haisha. The film is enjoyable in its little moments and nuances...
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This script has certainly been written with love. It helps that both Dhawan and Sharma are in top form. Yet, the tempo drops in the second half. The drama runs thin, and outlandish plots that see artisans turn into fashion designers raise many eyebrows. The unimpressive climax is disjointed, a far cry from the tone the film carried up until then. Despite its rousing moments, the film leaves you feeling unfulfilled.
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Sui Dhaga, having been rung through a big production house of Bollywood, in this case Yash Raj Productions, suffers the same fate.
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The film falters when it moves away from being an intimate portrait and takes to grandstanding to find a solution to Mamta and Mauji's problems. The convoluted plot is a drawback, but much like a tapestry, the beauty here lies in the detail, in the small things. And in this respect, "Sui Dhaaga" is a winner.
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Ultimately Sui Dhaaga pans out like Lagaan—a rag tag team hits a sixer on the fashion ramp; the hoi polloi earn the approval of the gentry. It is a tad flat in comparison to the more layered quirkiness of his previous outing, Dum Laga Ke Haisha, but you still care and root for Katariya's characters and can't help appreciate the fact that the agent provocateur in this film, as in DLKH, continues to be a woman. To borrow a line from the film itself, despite many hiccups, sab badhiya hai (all is well).
From our readers
3 ratings · user score 6.3
Sui Dhaaga transforms into a motivational tale that warms your heart with its pleasantness and a lovely play of characters. It is a film that will make you smile all the way – either through the natural humor or the comic drama that it cultivates with brilliance. It might even make you chase that business idea that you dusted off during college days because hope is audacious as ever, much like Mauji and his optimism. Sui Dhaaga is also the first film in a long time where I didn't mind the ad placements by Usha and Raymond because it felt real, much like most of the film.
A couple of weeks back, I happened to come across an interesting video where quite a few popular stars like Shahrukh, Akshay etc. were asked to thread a needle. That's when I realized that it was for the promotion of Sharat Katariya's "Sui Daaga" which had Varun Dhawan & Anushka Sharma as the lead pair. Since the trailer showed both in completely different avatars, it aroused my curiosity & I decided to check it out. Hopefully it didn't dampen my spirits after the high of Mani Ratnam's CCV. Based in a small town, the film takes us into the life of Mauji (Varun Dhawan) who worked at a retail sewing machine shop. Apart from his work, his bosses were particularly interested in his ability to entertain them with his antics. Though he knew that his bosses belittled him, he looked at it as an opportunity to remain in their good books since he needed the job to support his family. Incidentally, they belonged to the artisan clan, but since it wasn't sufficient to support the household, his father (Raghubir Yadav) opted for the job of a peon & was adamant that his sons also didn't pursue their traditional profession. Things moved along uneventfully, until Mauji's wife Mamta (Anushka Sharma) instills in him the urge to earn self-respect & the confidence to set up his own tailoring establishment. How they both support each other & realize their dreams forms the crux of the movie. This is the third venture of Sharat Katariya with his previous being "Dum Laga Ke Haisha" which was kinda entertaining. Apart from direction, he had taken on the responsibility of writing the script as well & has given us an endearing story that works for more parts. The only portion where he went overboard was the climax where it was not in sync with reality be it the fashion show sequence & the wardrobes that he had created for it. As far as the technical aspect goes, Andrea Guerra's BGM added more impact to many of the scenes and reminded me of Hollywood underdog movies. Among the younger Bollywood actors, Varun Dhawan will surely rank as one among the few to look out for in the future since he does many of the genres reasonably well. As Mauji, he has given an earnest performance while Anushka Sharma who has been choosing roles carefully for quite a while has done appraise worthy job as well. As for the rest of the cast, Raghubir Yadav, Yamini Das etc have done their parts aptly. Verdict: As expected, it has performed quite well at the box office with the families warming onto it. There is no doubt that it has an endearing tale that makes us root for the underdog despite the climax being rather outlandish. In short, give it a try!!! Rating: 2.75/5 Regards…Ben
'Sui Dhaaga' is an ultimate, rag-tag, underdog story. But it is also unconditionally high on its heartfelt bits. You feel these characters, their urgency to reach out to each other, and their tendency to practice and make things work when they don't. This makes it a wonderful, delightful drama. But, this love story has an extremely dull start. It's sequences feel overtly manipulative, and the sympathetic strands don't reach out to the audiences as they should have: it tries a languid, emotional pace. But the magic that made 'Dum Laga Ke Haisha' a winner all the way doesn't make the Sharat Katariya film that poignant. But you can still watch it because its easily high on sweet content. Its progress is dissatisfactory, but you'll love how these people win you over. Varun Dhawan, Raghubir Yadav and Anushka are strong enough. It's textures don't dwell into a boring heart or a weak script, however overtly simplistic it may be.
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