Filmistaan

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Filmistaan

2014

1h 52m

Comedy

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An aspiring actor and diehard fan of Bollywood movies is kidnapped and held in the home of a Pakistani who deals in pirated Hindi films.

Maggie Lee

Variety

12/11/2017

Although the film wears its utopian ideals on its sleeve, helmer Nitin Kakkar leavens the political content with an absurdist sense of humor and a heartwarming turn of events

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Anupama Chopra

Hindustan Times

12/11/2017

4/5

Filmistaan is a delightful film. It has heart, imagination and intelligence. It is a celebration of our enduring love affair with Hindi cinema. And it is a touching exploration of the shared humanity between Indians and Pakistanis.

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

06/05/2014

"Filmistaan" gradually morphs into a serious disquisition on Indo-Pakistani relations and the lingering animus from the nations' 1947 partition.

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Shubha Shetty-Saha

Scroll.in

12/11/2017

A story with great potential, it could have been better. But watch it anyway because its simplicity is beautiful.

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Devesh Sharma

Filmfare

12/11/2017

It's seldom that we make introspective films laced with dark humour. It's great to find such superlative effort from first time filmmaker.

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Madhureeta Mukherjee

The Times of India

12/11/2017

3.5/5

The camaraderie between the pure souls who understand only the language of Bollywood is heart-warming. Datt, with few dialogues, is deadly.

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03/25/2020

'Filmistaan' would have been a perfectly delightful and subtly entertaining indie. And Sharib Hashmi, Inaamulqah are talented enough to make the film a very funny, sweet and tactful one. Had the storytelling by Nitin Kakkar been precise, this could have been a personal journey to savor. Bur largely he gets the skill unnoticed and pleasures drown into indulgences. A generous three stars. It's a thoughtful story and a funny film, but it could have been just so much more!

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05/02/2015

A beautiful little gem of a film.

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12/28/2014

Day: Wednesday Date: 17 Dec 2014 Time: - With: Noone On: Air India Flight to Mumbai

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10/28/2014

A well-made movie on a completely new theme and extremely innovative backdrop. The issues raised are obviously not new - the struggles of common men in hatred spawned by powerful (in this case the gun-totting) people with own agenda. The treatment - with the connection to Bollywood - is heart-warming.

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08/19/2014

A treat for those who are totally fade up with Bollywood commercial cinema.

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07/06/2014

An honest attempt to portray reactions of a Bollywood lover to difficult situations. A nice entertaining watch.

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Synopsis

An aspiring actor and diehard fan of Bollywood movies is kidnapped and held in the home of a Pakistani who deals in pirated Hindi films.

Director: Nitin Kakkar
Producer: Shyam Shroff, Balkrishna Shroff, Subhash Choudhary, Shaila Tanna, Siddharth Roy Kapoor
Screenwriter: Nitin Kakkar
Distributor: UTV Spotboy
Production Co: Shringar Films Pvt. Ltd., UTV Spotboy
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 6, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $31.1K
Runtime: 1h 52m