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Lucknow Central
U/A (INDIA)
2017
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Negative reviews
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2.3
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1.5
Direction Debutante Ranjit Tiwari doesnt waste his time and straight away dives into the main plot in the first 15 20 minutes of the film itself.
FilmiBeat
2.5
Lucknow Central fails to utilise its resources, especially Diana Penty, and loses out on a chance to become a really engaging film. Like Prison Break, ..
Hindustan Times
2.0
That it is better than a film based on a similar story released last month Qaidi Band doesnt add much heft to its fate.
Deccan Chronicle
0.0
Also how Dikkat doesnt get social acceptance in his own family is heart wrenching.
Deccan Chronicle
3.0
So besides the heartless, iron fisted head jailer (Roy has perfected the grimace and menacing stare), theres a bully operating a fiefdom inside, cante ..
Firstpost
2.5
Like Prison Break, it never reaps the benefits of a promising start.
Ib Times
2.5
The core idea behind Lucknow Central is the same but the bond gets created too easily and too soon.
FilmFare
1.5
In a nutshell, despite a dependable cast and makers deep understanding of jail insides, Lucknow Central doesnt hit the right note and remains a film t ..
News18
2.0
Akhtar, laudably forsaking vanity to look suitably muddied and grounded, isnt bad as a wannabe singer enamoured by his own music, but the film doesnt ..
Ndtv
2.0
The Music of the film doesnt work and thats not good for a film that is about a band.
Bollywood Hungama
4.5
Akhtar, with an accent thats spot on, put on an appreciable performance.
Mid Day
1.5
But Kishans dreams are ironically short lived and following a series of unfortunate events, hes booked for the murder of an IAS officer.
Mumbai Mirror
3.0
The ill treatment of inmates in Indian prisons has been seen before but bears repeating, even if the perennially petulant and eternally glamourous Gay ..
The Reel Scroll
3.0
But a jail isnt where you do that, right For Kishen, however, the tale twists.
Bollywood Bubble
3.0
Also how Dikkat doesnt get social acceptance in his own family is heart wrenching.
Asianage
1.5
To return to the beleagured inmate Kishen Mohan (Farhan Akhtar, natch), hes a gunny bag of contradictions.
Spot Boye
1.5
Aside from the camaraderie between the men and a few action sequences, the film doesnt really dwell on prisons and prisoners.
Reuters
4.5
Entertaining and Interesting It wouldnt be wrong to say that Lucknow Central is one of the more entertaining films of the year.
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