Anwar

You watch a movie like Anwar and immediately you think to yourself: 'These are the sorts of movies India should be submitting to the Baftas and the Oscars', and Manish Jha delivers this incredible story note-perfectly. Anwar is, at heart, a... Full review

The best way to describe this movie is to say that its about a bunch of broken love stories with a socially conscious angle. The social tone of the movie is pretty obvious since the previous work of the director has... Full review

The movie starts with a lot of promise, but it fails to live up to the start. The excellent cinematography is spoiled by some loose performances and poor storyline. It seems that a 'short story' has been elongated too far. The... Full review

I rejoiced for Manish Jha's bravado and intelligent approach to movie making and stepping away from Bollywood style tripe. Vijay Raaz's acting as the eternally sad Master Pasha was incredible-kudos-I admire your work and its authenticity and glad you haven't sold... Full review

I loved this movie, it is truly a very good drama along with romance reflecting the bitter truth of the contemporary Indian society. The movie has a pleasant background music and a very well knitted plot, elements of real life such... Full review

This isn't your typical Indian film when a girl and a boy fall in love through a series of songs, and the parents forbid it until during a teary dramatic speech they accept the fact they belong together, no. This story... Full review

Anwar was on the "Top 10" on B4U rating. I too was bored. I thought, I could spend some time with the latest movie. My GOD, it was totally USELESS one... Surely not worth watching even once. Only one song was... Full review

But still, nothing can save Anwar from being a disaster. Anwar is a wasted attempt at making an issue based film. The problem with Anwar is over-ambitiousness on the part of the director Manish Jha who floats in too many directions at the same time. ... Full Review

The focus of Jha's narrative is an old abandoned temple where a derelict-lover Anwar (Siddharth Koirala) takes refugee. Anwar" picks up a welter of headlines on communal strife and stores them in one turbulent but telescopic overview of existence at the fringes. ... Full Review

Raaz is both parodic and passionate. A troubled cop (Yashpal Sharma) has a terminally ill wife and whiny daughter to deal with while trying to flush out the poor 'terrorist' from his holy hideout. ... Full Review

I dont remember having seen so many men cry on screen ever. And the reason of the ma le tears lies in women (sorry for oversimplifying). Its not that women dont cry in Anwar however they could be counted on ... Full Article

MUMBAI: Home video major Shemaroo has released the film Anwar on DVD and VCD.This film, introduced Siddharth Koirala who is actress Manisha Koirala's brother. ... Full Article

By: Joginder Tuteja, IndiaFM Monday, November 27, 2006 Subscribe to Newsletter What makes Anwar special? Apart from the fact that it is the second film of Manish Jha who made a hammer strong debut with thought provoking 'Matrubhumi' a few... ... Full Article

After her hard-hitting performance in Manish Jha's critically acclaimed MATRUBHOOMI, Tulip Joshi has once again been signed by Jha to play the lead role in his next film, ANWAR. ... Full Article