Sikandar

It's really great to see....Sanjay Suri is extraordinary while Arunoday Singh just blocks off our cognizance....keep enjoying the slow-melodrama with eye-catching visuals of Kashmir.....Sikandar' starts off on a dramatic touch with a school-going Sikandar (Parzan Dastur) and Nasreen (Ayesha Kapoor), the friends with more liking for each other.....Filmmaker Piyush Jha has very-well handled the screenplay adding equal proportions of dulcet drama as well tingling twists..... ... Full Review

Sikander fails to make an impact....Parzaan pitches in with the most enthusiastic and sincere performance;....the film falters on execution..... ... Full Review

Happily, Sikandar has two engaging child actors playing the lead.....The scenic splendour of Sikandar is never compromised.....Jha keeps the narrative purposely intimate.....that suits the film's purposes fine as long as the drama doesn't get diluted.....It's a sincere attempt that doesn't quite draw out the emotions it means to..... ... Full Review

Ayesha Kapur, the elegant child actress from Black, did a spectacular job in this movie as well.....The climax is quite a dozy, the final twist really is quite a bizarre, being untrue to its characters....The movie captured splendour and serenity of Kashmir very well and unlike other movies Skindar is based on a child.....Enigmatic and considerate, Quadir envelops Sikandar into his fold.....S ikandar is a simple story, told with brazen filminess is based on Sikandar Raza a fourteen year old schoolboy in Kas ... Full Review

Something like which Iranian cinema has been successfully doing for last few years.....The fear he sees in their eyes thrills Sikandar.....Sikandar is an engrossing fare.....He trains Sikandar to become a good shooter.....Sanjay Suri is simply superb..... ... Full Review

Sikandar' tackles this theme as well.....Sikandar gets embroiled further and further in situations beyond his control..... ... Full Review

Sikandar is a simple story, told with unashamed filminess....It could have been a good children's film....Kashmir deserves better than Sikandar....And this is what little Sikandar (Parzaan Dastur) does as well in Piyush Jha's new film..... ... Full Review

Sikandar tackles this theme as well.....Sikandar gets embroiled further and further in situations beyond his control..... ... Full Review

Nonetheless Sikandar is a sensitive and gentle depiction of life in an idyllic place where guns have overpowered the roses.....Jha keeps his narrative purposely intimate.....Still, the stillness that surrounds the scenic splendour of Sikandar is never compromised.....that suits the film's purposes fine as long as the drama doesn't get diluted..... ... Full Review

Unfortunately, the good intentions don't translate into good cinema.....slowly, Sikander becomes embroiled in a nightmarish tussle between warring militants, a political leader and the Army.....Sikander is an enthusiastic participant and even agrees to kill.....Jha ably captures the beauty of this bloodied land..... ... Full Review