Dor

 (2006)

  • User Rating 15 votes
  • Critics Rating 18 critics
  • Your Rating   

User Reviews

Takia/Panag/Talpade make for Best Cast of 2006
Oct 15, 2008
pitviper_sg - in.movies.yahoo.com
If anyone had known that Ayesha Takia, Gul Panag, and Shreyas Talpade were such great actors, im sure every director in Bollywood would have been scrambling at thier feet. Good: Dor is a film of realization, salvation, and friendship. It hits... Full review
Down to earth, earthy
Nov 06, 2007
sridhar_r_nathan - in.movies.yahoo.com
Excellent portrayal of a realistic scenario. It's got Nagesh Kuknoor's directorial touch in all the frames. Gul panag and Ayesha takia have risen to a new standard of acting in this movie. Shreyas talpade comes of age as an actor and... Full review
The ties that bind...
May 21, 2007
SRani - imdb.com
I was finally able to get my hands on what was being hyped as possibly the best film of 2006. When there is so much hype I immediately become a skeptic - on the lookout for any flaws. So I... Full review
The ties that bind...
May 21, 2007
sobchakW - imdb.com
I was finally able to get my hands on what was being hyped as possibly the best film of 2006. When there is so much hype I immediately become a skeptic - on the lookout for any flaws. So I watched... Full review
I very much enjoyed this movie and thought performances by both females leads were good. I especially liked Zeenat's (Gul Panag) courage, quiet dignity and fortitude in the face of an overwhelming and frightening situation for a young bride. I... Full review
Awesome
Nov 23, 2006
Anand Gupta - imdb.com
One of the better movies of recent times.. you hardly get to see a more realistic reflection of the life in rural India. Kudos to cinematography to create such a holistic picture of Rajasthan... and what a breath taking view... Full review
Film: DorCast: Gul Panag, Ayesha Takia, Shreyas Talpade, Nagesh Kukunoor, Girish KanadDirector: Nagesh Kukunoor.Zeenat and Mira are women from two different worlds. Be it geography, culture, religion attitude, lifestyle or their names. In other words, its either black or white,... Full review
Awesome movie.
Oct 17, 2006
dr_ram77 - imdb.com
One of the most poignant movies that has come out in the present day Indian Cinema. The story is very convincing & realistic yet serene, never losing its beauty. Ayesha Takia surprises us with her impeccable acting and dialog delivery.... Full review
A mirror to good cinema...
Oct 08, 2006
Shashi Krishna - imdb.com
Simple movies are the hardest to make in India. Being a traditionally colorful culture that subdues to the varying degrees of pomp and glitz, it is rare that something so simple yet powerful comes across.'Dor' comes from the able hands... Full review
Lage Raho Nagesh Bhai
Oct 02, 2006
vaibhav_bhandeo - imdb.com
Movie depicts the Dor of life. Its unusual from a maker like Nagesh to produce such an emotional flick but he was brilliant in it. Specially the role of Gul Panag was splendid.This role must have been made for some... Full review

Critics Reviews

| Mar 31, 2009
Galatta
On the whole, Dor is a well-made film that caters to those with an appetite for qualitative cinema.....Nagesh Kukunoor is perfect.....Dor is embellished with noteworthy performances.....While the film will win glowing reviews and praise from the gentry, its appeal will be restricted to the elite at select multiplexes..... ... Full Review
| Nov 08, 2006
Business of Cinema
Dor makes you ask yourself how far you will one go to save the one you love. And after Iqbal , we wanted to work with this talented director," said Shantonu Aditya, Chief Executive Officer of Sahara One Media and Entertainment Ltd. Nagesh also believes, " Dor is my most challenging and dramatic film to date â€" the pristine locales, the spectacular cinematography and the soaring music all add up to make it a larger than life film. ... Full Review
| Oct 02, 2006
Desicritics.org, India
I saw Dor as it should be seen - as any good film should be seen - on the big screen. All in all, Dor is a surprisingly entertaining movie - thanks in part to Talpade's laugh-a-minute performance and Kukunoor's direction, but also due to the two bookending performances by Takia and Panag. ... Full Review
| Sep 25, 2006
NowRunning
prepares us for the luminous spiritual depths and the exhilarating emotional heights of "Dor".....There are moments of unbearable poignancy in the film..... ... Full Review
| Sep 24, 2006
Real Bollywood
prepares us for the luminous spiritual depths and the exhilarating emotional heights of "Dor".....There are moments of unbearable poignancy in the film.....The stunningly original screenplay sweeps in a caressing arc, over the separate yet bonded lives of two women -....In fact Talpade's drunken confessions of love to Panag in the wilderness.... ... Full Review

News

Mon, Nov 16 08:01 AM New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) 'Allah ke bande', 'Piya Haji Ali', 'Khwaja mere khwaja', 'Arziyaan'...the list is long. Bollywood is surely smitten by Sufi music as composers churn out chartbusters by weaving its melodious flavour... ... Full Article

Some critics have said that Shreyas has raised the bar in acting department and has also been called the most natural actor by all the leading critics, touted as the best performance in the film. ... Full Article

Emmy Too
indianexpress.com2009-06-01
First there were the Grammy nominations. Then came the Oscar wins. International recognition for Indian talent is not over yet, as music composer duo Salim-Sulaiman bag a nomination for the Daytime Emmy Awards, in the Outstanding Original Song category in... ... Full Article

Recently Poland had the annual chance to be part of and relish different flavours of Bollywood in an exclusive Hindi film festival titled as "Ticket To Bollywood". ... Full Article

"After 'Dor', viewers showed the confidence that I could play serious roles too and so I was offered roles in films like 'Eight By Ten' and 'Wanted' and many other big movies," Ayesha told us. ... Full Article

New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) If the minister of Women and Child Development Renuka Chowdhury has her way, Bollywood will be making more movies such as "Dor" which shows the struggle and then the victory of two women and actor... ... Full Article

Post Comment

Name (appears on your post)
Your Comment
1000 characters left. No HTML please.
 
Type the characters in the image above