36 reviewers have given Zanjeer
an average rating of 0.7/5.0 (?)
2 yays
28 nays
6 so-so
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wogma rating: Watch if you have nothing better to do (?)
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yeah-yeah-yeah-whatever...
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by Anna MM Vetticad,
annavetticadgoes2themovies
...new Zanjeer is dated and dull....
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by Baradwaj Rangan,
Blogical Conclusion, The New Sunday Express
... The only anger in this Zanjeer comes from the audience....
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by Githa Vanan,
Bolly Spice
...Final call for Zanjeer boils down to simple things. Noone could undo self inflicted shackles. And Sanjay Dutt is the savior among the slaughtered....
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So-So
by Taran Adarsh,
Bollywood Hungama
...As for the comparisons with the original ZANJEER, I suggest try not to get there! ...
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by Bhagyashr​i Pawar ,
Bollywood Life
...While Priyanka is eye-candy worth looking at in Zanjeer 2.0, Telugu superstar Ram is quite disappointing, while Prakash Raj is the perfect villain...
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by Siddhi Palande,
BookmyShow
...The remake is a catastrophe and the film connoisseurs (especially Amitabh Bachchan’s ardent fans) will definitely like to watch Zanjeer (1973) over Zanjeer (2013)...
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by Deepa Gahlot,
cinemaah
...The next time any filmmaker thinks of a remake, they must watch RGV Ki Aag and Apoorva Lakhia ki Zanjeer, and halt right in their tracks...
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by Mayank Shekhar ,
Daily Bhaskar
...This is as much Zanjeer, the original, as Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag was Sholay, okay marginally less
ridiculous as that, to be fair....
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by Suparna Sharma,
Deccan Chronicle
...Apart from the sparkling dialogue stolen from the original, this Zanjeer makes do with functional ones that range from the crass (assigned to Prakash Raj) or plain idiotic (for Sanjay Dutt) to baffling (assigned to Priyanka)...
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by Nikhil Arora,
Desi Martini
...Zanjeer is a well-paced masala remake but a lukewarm debut for Ram Charan which doesn't match up to the intensity of the original film. None of the performances ring true, apart from Sanjay Dutt's strong acting. Skip it. ...
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So-So
by Tushar Joshi,
DNA
...Zanjeer doesn’t hold a candle to the original, instead it feels like a modern day adaptation of a yet another cop drama. ...
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by Rachit Gupta,
Filmfare
...Apoorva Lakhia’s movie loves to borrow. It takes the legacy of Prakash Mehra’s original but it also slavishly scrounges scenes from Hollywood movies like The Artist, True Lies and many more...
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by Suprateek Chatterjee,
FirstPost
...This Zanjeer, directed by Apoorva Lakhia, is a disaster...
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by Johnson Thomas,
Free Press Journal
...Apoorva Lakhia’s new-fangled take on the 70’s super-hit, Prakash Mehra helmed Amitabh Bachchan starrer, ‘Zanjeer’ is sorely disappointing...
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So-So
by Zanjeer Nupur Barua ,
Fully Hyderabad
... Watch it - you may have some fun. ...
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by Martin D'Souza,
Glamsham.com
...Sad movie, sadder performances!...
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by Rajeev Masand,
IBN Live
... If the new 'Zanjeer' was merely a badly made film, you could dismiss the makers as talentless brats...
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by Vinayak Chakravorty,
india today
...Like its hero on screen, the film too has no reason to exist.
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by Shubhra Gupta ,
indian express
...And then you watch this new Zanjeer and you get started with the whys. ...
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by Mohar Basu,
koimoi
...Watch it only if you are inclined to revisit the stories of 70s when commercial cinema wasn’t synonymous with making similarly lazy films with minimal creative offering...
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by Nandini Ramnath ,
Live Mint
...Ram Charan, a hunk of epilated flesh with scant acting skills, steps into Bachchan’s boots as the police officer. Sher Khan, played by an exhausted-looking Sanjay Dutt who struggles to move, let alone fit into Pran’s very large shoes. The Jaya Bachchan role is performed by Priyanka Chopra as an overgrown adolescent...
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by Shubha Shetty-Saha,
MiD DAY
...Director Apoorva Lakhia uses his special talent to make this remake as crass as possible, turning it into a pedestrian, B-grade version of the original classic...
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So-So
by Jaidev Hemmady,
Movie Talkies
...Though the remake sticks to the original story as far as the main plot is concerned, the new Zanjeer is not as impressive as the 70s blockbuster...
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by Divya Solgama,
MoviezADDA
...Dum? Well except few action scenes there is absolutely no dum in this weak and boring remake of the classic cult film...
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by Karan Anshuman,
Mumbai Mirror
... "It is better to fail at originality than to succeed in imitation." Zanjeer manages neither....
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by Subhash K Jha,
NDTV
...Throughout the film, we sense the director's immense affection for the original Zanjeer, a reverence that never clouds his judgement....
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by Mansha Rastogi,
Now Running.com
...To sum it up, the new-age Zanjeer doesn't hold half as much promise as the cult classic did and literally falls flat on its face...
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by Ankit Ojha ,
Planet Bollywood
...The writer of this article hears this version of Zanjeer has been dubbed in Chinese, and sincerely prays for the lives of the people entering the cinema expecting a good film....
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by Raja Sen ,
Rediff
...Apoorva Lakhia's Zanjeer is an unwarranted, atrocious remake...
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by Sonia Chopra,
Sify Movies
...It might still be entertaining to a section of the audience. Let your sensibility decide. ...
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by K N Gupta,
SmasHits.com
...Overall, 'Zanjeer' is indeed a good remake....
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So-So
by Moumita Bhattacharjee,
Star Blockbuster
... I would rather watch Bachchan mouthing “Jab tak baithne ko naa kaha jaye, sharafat se khade raho” 20 times over...
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by Anuj Kumar,
The Hindu
...Lakhia is known to give his films a sleek feel, but that’s about it. He would have been better placed had he lifted the elements like many of his predecessors for then he would not have spoiled our memories of the original...
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So-So
by Meena Iyer,
Times of India
...Ram Charan, as the brooding policeman, excels in action. His dark eyes with long lashes adeptly convey anger. Sanjay Dutt is competent and lovable. Priyanka looks smashing but is overzealous in the American Born Desi Gujarati Girl act...
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by rajesh,
Upper Stall
...NewZanjeer4U I’m tired of doing the same role all the time. I want to do something different! Something intense, real, critic-friendly, +ve. ...
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by Aparna Mudi,
ZEENEWS.COM
...The movie was a disappointment through and through, and Apoorva Lakhia truly breaks hearts having remade a movie that remodelled Amitabh’s career and shot him to super stardom. Lakhia fails pretty badly to step into Prakash Mehra’s shoes....
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Zanjeer - Movie Details
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Banner: Reliance Big Entertainment Ltd, Adai Mehra Productions Pvt Ltd, Flying Turtle Films, Rampage Motion Pictures Ltd
Producer: Puneet Prakash Mehra, Sumeet Prakash Mehra
Director: Apoorva Lakhia
Lead Cast: Ram Charan, Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Dutt
Supporting Cast: Prakash Raj, Ankur Bhatia, Atul Kulkarni, Taran Bajaj, Daya Shanker Pandey, Sanjay Sharma, Charanpreet Singh, Mahie Gill
Screenplay: Suresh Nair
Dialogues: Chintan Gandhi
Cinematography: Gururaj, Gururaj R J
Editor: Chintu Singh
Action Choreography: Javed Eijaz
Choreography: Ganesh Acharya
Music Director: Anand Raj Anand, Chirantan Bhatt, Anjjan Meet, Amar Mohile
Costume Designer: Priya Kataria Puri, Navin Shetty, Hari Nakai
Running time: 140 minutes
Reviewer: meetu
Language:
Hindi
Country:
India
Genres:
Action