Aiyyaa Movie Review

Aiyyaa Rating: 2.38/5
Total Reviews 16
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Director: Sachin Kundalkar
Genre:  Comedy, Musical, Romance
Cast & Crew: Rani Mukerji, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Amey Wagh
Duration: 2 hour 29 minutes 

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Aiyya Movie Review

Ratings:2.5/5  Aiyyaa Review by Rajeev Masand Site:CNN IBN (IBNlive)
In the end — the impressive camerawork and Amit Trivedi’s winning tunes aside — Aiyyaa is at best an original and promising experiment let down by its many indulgences. I’m going with two-and-a-half out of five for director Sachin Kundalkar’s Aiyyaa; an unusual film that could’ve been so much more.
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Ratings:3.5/5  Aiyyaa Review by Taran Adarsh Site:Bollywood Hungama
AIYYAA takes on a novel premise and transports you to an altogether new world. AIYAA is a desi film at heart. Also, quirky and funny. What sets it apart is that this Maharashtrian girl - Tamil guy prem kahani [Rani, Prithviraj] is woven around the concept of smell/aroma. Also, a lot many middle class girls feel suffocated when they can't choose the guy they want to spend the rest of their life with. In AIYYAA, the girl chooses her own groom, defying her family's choice. But AIYYAA is not a serious take on the institution of marriage. It's an amusing journey, actually. On the flipside, it takes time to get the hang of things. Also, the first half seems stretched, with a few unnecessary sequences adding to the run time. But the second hour more than compensates for the deficiencies. .On the whole, there are reasons aplenty as to why AIYYAA becomes a deserving watch. It's arresting, amusing, entertaining and of course, thoroughly enjoyable, with Rani's splendid act, refreshingly different plot, winsome songs, pleasant humor and terrific moments as its aces. Don't miss it!
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Ratings:2.5/5  Review by Madhureeta Mukherjee Site:Times of India (TOI)
From top to basumm Rani is truly Wonderum! As Meenaxi. Prithviraj is simply Eroticumm! He exudes chiselled, raw sexuality in every scene; gets wet, adds Southern masala with his moves, but says nothing reallySachin Kundalkar starts out well, but while juggling between Marathi matrimonials and midnight-masala, his plot goes 'wakda' (read: digresses). After a few giggles, erotic gasps, and gaanas (Amit Trivedi), the story stretches pointlessly and loses its scent.Even with such a talented ensemble, this one turns into a cultural showpiece, and gets lost in translation. That's the sad-partumm!
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Ratings:2/5  Aiyyaa Review by Anupama Chopra Site:Star World
Aiyyaa is a bewilderingly odd film. Rani is delightful as a woman in heat.She expertly manages to be both a simpleton and a seductress. She looks stunning and dances like a dervish. But the film can't match her performance. Kundalkar's story soon runs out of charm and wit. His lovely idea and original voice is stretched to the point where even Rani's mannerisms start to feel repetitive.
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Ratings:1/5  Review by Prasanna Zore Site:Rediff
Widely talked about as Rani Mukerji's comeback film, Aiyyaa, in one word is director Sachin Kundalkar's fantasy. The director is so self-absorbed and self-obsessed that it seems the film was not made for audiences but to satisfy his own creative urges. Aiyyaa is a make-believe world where characters are as contrived as they could be. There is no way to find fault with Rani but she is shockingly let down by the storyline.However, one can't help but say that after every ten minutes or so as the film progresses one expects an unexpected turn that never comes.
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Ratings:----  Review by Komal Nahta Site:ETC
On the whole, Aiyyaa is not the kind of love story which would find universal appeal. Rani Mukerji and the music are its plus points, and the dull script, its biggest minus point. Its run at the cinemas will be less than ordinary. It has taken a dull start and not much will change because the film lacks entertainment. Recovery of even the medio­cre investment of Rs. 16-18 crore (Rs. 9 crore by way of cost of production and Rs. 7-9 crore by way of cost of promotion and release) may be a difficult proposition, but the loss will not be huge, thanks to recoveries from non-theatrical sources, mainly satellite rights.
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Ratings:3/5  Review by Saibal Chatterjee Site:NDTV
The Deshpandes are no ordinary brood. And Aiyyaa is no ordinary film. Wildly wakda (read twisted) in more ways than one, it is a film that defies definition.It careens from the dreamy to the delirious, the realistic to the raucous, and the perfectly logical to the utterly nonsensical as it turns many a time-honoured convention of Hindi commercial cinema on its head.Many might find its loud, outré storytelling style somewhat difficult to comprehend and digest, especially in the context of the film’s slice-of-life love story predicated on a willing suspension of disbelief. Aiyyaa takes time to warm up, slips into dull patches at times and occasionally teeters on the edge of a certain dissonance. But the subversive spirit that drives the absurdist core of Aiyyaa is well worth embracing.
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Ratings:2.5/5  Review by Rummana Ahmed Site:Yahoo
Despite the loopholes, Rani Mukerji's performance rises above the disappointing script to create an endearing character who is hopelessly in love with a man who seems completely wrong and shows no interest in her. Prithivraj has little to do but does complete justice to his image of the brooding, tall, dark and handsome heartthrob.
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Ratings:1.5/5  Review by Shubhra Gupta Site: Indian Express
More than anything else, 'Aiyyaa' is a film that could have been a truly subversive, exhilarating ride with a sexually aware, sensually charged woman at its centre. What we get is a flat, heavy-footed clomp through screechy lines and overstated, dragged-out situations. this is not a film which generates the sort of mad hysteria that makes you laugh. After a while, it becomes just another film we can’t wait to get out of, despite the trying-to-get-back-in-the-reckoning, still-watchable Rani and the sizzling Prithvi. Taking a cue from one of its songs, I have to say that, post watching, I barely saved myself from being in critical conditionuum.
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Ratings:2.5/5  Review by Kanika Sikka Site:DNA
Though filled with clichés and caught in stereotypes, there is something that works in favour of Aiyyaa as it slips into the category of mindless comedy without crossing the line into idiocy like rom-coms normally do. Meenakhi’s dreams, when juxtaposed with her real life, add to a capturing first half. The second half however, tends to move slowly, with the last 20 minutes becoming intolerable due to a forced song and redundant twist in the plot, which fails to bring a chuckle. Though the film is limited by cheesy dialogues and prosaism, it proves to be an entertainer and a definite treat for every Rani Mukerji fan.
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Ratings:1/5  Review by Resham Sengar Site:Zee News
The movie is a (nonsensical) ‘fairy tale ‘of a middle-class Maharashtrian girl called Meenakshi (Rani Mukerji) who yearned to be an actress but eventually settled down with a job in an art college.Meenakshi is melodramatic and a dreamer who escapes into her fantasy land anytime and anywhere. While Meenakshi is a dreamer, the girl’s family is no less and somewhat remind you of characters of ‘The Addams Family’.In straight words, ‘Aiyya’ is not a script badly handled rather it is a script wrongly written. We can only hope that Sachin Kundalkar doesn’t repeat his mistake and make his audience go ‘Aiyyaa’ in pain again.
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Ratings:3/5  Review by Nabanita Site:One India
Go an watch out Rani Mukherjee mouthing some of the cheesiest dialogues in Aiyyaa. On the whole, the film is funny, wacky and entertaining and one of the best slapstick comedies of the recent times.
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Ratings:3/5  Review by Roshini Devi Site:Koimoi 
What’s Good: The superb acting of the entire cast; the Aga bai song; the direction; the general madness in the film.What’s Bad: The sniffing and chasing; the stretched screenplay.Loo Break: Not really.Watch or Not?: Watch Aiyyaa for a quirkily different film with very good performances but be warned that it drags. Aiyyaa is quirkily different and is worth watching for all the characters. But the sniffing and chasing gets a bit annoying.
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Ratings:3/5  Review by Rachana Parekh Site:Bollywood Life
So go for Aiyyaa for Rani Mukerji’s tadkedar Bollywoodish hodge-podge of Maharastrian and South Indian cultures, but just don’t expect too much from this comedy. Carry along a bit of patience and oodles of crazy sense of humour to enjoy this entertainer.
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Ratings:----  Review by Raghuvendra Singh Site:Filmfare
The sights are all there, but Aiyyaa excels in its sounds too. Amit  Trivedi delivers fantastic music and background score. But it’s the sounds of barking dogs, ruffling trash, clinking bangles that add a layer to the film. To top that, Amitabh Bhattacharya’s lyrics are as mad as the hatter. They are as much the USP of this film as Rani Mukerji. Cinematographer Amalendu Chaudhary captures the millions of Aiyyaa colours with beauty too. If you like entertainment with a twist, Aiyyaa is perfectly wakda.
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Ratings:----  Review by Sanjukta Sharma Site:Livemint
In Aiyyaa, a carefully crafted amalgamation of Bollywood kitsch and absurd, over-the-top story-telling, writer-director Sachin Kundalkar almost achieves a fine balance, a dramatic perfection, careful never to alienate his viewer. But for the loose and meandering lead-up to the climax in the last half hour—the film should have been at least 20 minutes shorter to leave the viewer on a powerful note—Aiyyaa has a strident imagination at work. It is a raucous and immensely enjoyable piece of film-making.
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