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Director
Vishal Bhardwaj
Cast
Anushka Sharma,
Imran Khan,
Pankaj Kapur,
Shabana Azmi,
Arya Babbar,
Navneet Nishan
Genre
Comedy,
Drama
Harry is an industrialist who loves his daughter Bijlee, and the bond they share with Harry's man friday, Matru. Bijlee's plan to wed the son of a politician, however, brings twists and turns in the lives of Matru, Bijlee and Mandola.
Variety by Joe Leydon
Agreeably amusing but unduly extended, Matru ki Bijlee ka Mandola suggests what might have resulted had Rodgers and Hammerstein lived long enough to attempt a Broadway musical about the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele
For the most part "Matru" is neatly energetic, a mix of screwball whimsy and softball seriousness.
The Hollywood Reporter
What Vishal Bhardwaj's Indian comedy brings in star power, it lacks in humor.
The New York Times by Rachel Saltz
A mix of gently outraged populism and low-powered romantic comedy, Vishal Bhardwaj's Matru ki Bijlee ka Mandola might have been better with a chunk lopped off its two-and-a-half-hour runtime.
Village Voice
Save for a couple of visually engaging dance numbers, mostly shot with hand-held digital cameras, MKBKM is dishearteningly banal.
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