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Waqt - The Race Against Time
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Grade & Score (?) C+ (57%)
Avg Rating: 2.83/5 (57%) from 23 Reviews
Reviews (?) 23 Reviews Counted: 13 Good / 6 Average / 4 Bad
Cast Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra, Boman Irani, Shefali Shah
Director Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Release Date April 22, 2005
Box Office Status Above average. Hit in Mumbai

Synopsis
A family drama by Vipul Shah starring Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar and Priyanka Chopra.

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Reviews

Good Reviews  |  Average Reviews  |  Bad Reviews
Positive Reviews
4.0 "is the perfect family film with everything: drama, comedy, good performances, a good social theme so dont forget to watch it with a relative."
- Planet Bollywood
4.0 "It may not be among the best, but it's certainly better than any other film released so far this year."
- Smash Hits
3.5 "Deftly written and expertly narrated, this family drama is sure to go well with the audience."
- Subhash Jha
3.5 "A family drama that is definitely worth visiting. Don't forget the Kleenex!"
- South Africa Daily News
3.5 "It contains enough of its own steam to chug effortlessly to a fretting-finish finale where it isn't just Bachchan whose breath the plot takes away."
- Glamsham
3.5 "a well-made family entertainer that makes you laugh and cry, thanks to the strong emotional quotient in the film."
- IndiaFM
3.5 "is a good weepy, weepy film."
- RadioSargam
3.5 "At one level, the film is melodramatic but at another, real as life."
- Screen India
3.5 "Yes, visit this one once for sure. You will smile, you will laugh. "
- The Hindu
3.0 "While the director has successfully abstained from turning the film into a compulsive tearjerker, it is a dekho only for those with a taste for archetypal cinema."
- NDTV
3.0 "is a fine family entertainer with message."
- ApunKaChoice
3.0 "the film is enjoyable in the first half and drags a bit in the second half."
- Bollyvista
3.0 "is definitely worth your time. "
- B4U
Average Reviews
2.5 "outruns its time; it's the product you get when you try to catch too short a story in too long a time."
- Full Hyderabad
2.5 "Crisper editing and going slow on the melodrama, especially in the latter part, couldve made this far more enjoyable fare. "
- Mid-Day
2.5 "Not even the God of all things Bollywood can do much to add weight here. "
- Hindustan Times
2.5 "Watch Waqt if you are a serious AB-Akki fan or have the time to kill."
- Rediff
2.5 " If you have waqt to spare, the film is a good way to spend it."
- IndiaTimes
2.5 "Bachchan dignifies the over-the-top proceedings. With his innate ability to breathe oxygen into the most moribund of roles, he keeps quite a large part of Waqt alive& and ticking."
- DNA India
Negative Reviews
2.0 "is like a recipe for a dish where the ingredients are tasty and nutritional but the ultimate result is less than appetising."
- Jam
1.5 "it only ends up as a futile attempt at entertaining audiences."
- Deccan Herald
1.0 "is an example of how an A-list cast and decent budget doesn't mean a thing if there's a ludicrous script and a poor director at the helm."
- BBC Films
1.0 "is an old-fashioned family cryathon that exaggerates every cliched emotion and situation to the hilt."
- Outlook India

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