Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

namashi_1 Based on a play, 'Maharathi' has a stellar cast, who deliver without fuss. But sadly, the film isn't strong enough to back their talent entirely.'Maharathi' Synopsis: A street-smart newly recruited chauffeur partners with his employer's wife to pocket a hefty insurance claim, after his rich employer commits suicide. 'Maharathi' works in parts. The drama is dull at first, but picks up right after the billionaire commits suicide, but slows down again at places. Its the second-hour when the film comes to its potential & scores. The climax is well-done. However, the twist & turns are predictable. Uttam Gada's Screenplay is alright. Its never bad, but never exceptional either. The Dialogue, too, are very ordinary. Shivam Nair's Direction is good. He's handled some portions well. Cinematography is nicely done. Editing could've been sharper. Art & Costume Design are fair.Performance-Wise: 'Maharathi' has a terrific cast & almost all of them deliver. Paresh Rawal is superb as the street-smart opportunist, who seizes on the opportunity. His act doesn't miss a beat. Boman Irani, though his character is under-developed, is flawless as the mysterious lawyer. Om Puri has lesser screen-time, but plays it straight as the cop. Neha Dhupia is a surprise. She's convincing as the calculative, conniving wife. Tara Sharma is quite decent as the innocent care taker. Naseeruddin Shah is okay. The Late/Great Vivek Shauq lends fine support.On the whole, 'Maharathi' isn't razor-sharp, but good performances & some interesting moments make it a decent one-time watch.

Avinash Patalay For starters the title is not apt. it gives an impression of a mythological drama (Ramayana/ Mahabharata). Well, it is clearly inspired by the success of Johnny Gaddar a la James Hadley Chase. Perhaps as a novel, it does ensure edge-of-seat excitement with twists and turns at every turn of page but sadly it failed to translate on screen. Again Johnny Gaddar should be a good reference point.Performances::§ Naseer:: Lesser mortals like us are in no position to comment on his work. § Paresh Rawal:: He was good if not excellent. The smart one-liners seemed stuffed into is mouth. His act of putting on the loyalty mask, seemed OTT. His frequent dispute with Neha Dhupia and Boman Irani were kind of show-stoppers to the narration.§ Om Puri - Very short role and hence didn't get an opportunity to display histrionics.§ Boman Irani - Very confident performance. § Neha Dhupia - Passable.§ Tara Sharma - The "Little Red Riding Hood" act does raise the suspicion bar. Plus her choice of donning the same role every time is getting monotonously boring.One gets a feel of watching a two-part episode from the Karamchand series, if you know what I mean. Shivam Nair won critical accolades for his work Ahista-Ahista, however seems this time putting shoulders to the wheel wasn't quite sufficient.

ankit jain a brilliant movie ... taking a risk of making a thriller which the Indian masses can understand is a big one.. though the multiplex audience (like me) loved the movie .. there are no romantic subplots or any item songs .. but just sheer acting and brilliant screenplay. a shot when the camera zooms out of a keyhole is one of the most brilliant scenes i have seen in Hindi cinema ... the protagonist looks like a young 30'sh year old fella, being done by paresh rawal (suresh in the movie), by great method acting. the movie urges the audience to think, like a thriller and the plot is an unpredictable one, for an Hindi movie, where almost everything is so predictable from the start .. the bad points are that tara sharma and neha dhupia have their limitations to act, is visible.. apart from them, and a few minor glitches, the movie is a must watch for someone seeking alternate bollywood cinematic experience...

bobbysing Based on a successful play by Paresh Rawal, "Maharathi" is said to be a thriller but I found it lacking the requisites of a tight thriller or a good murder mystery. The very start of the mystery sequence or murder scene pops up some questions which are enough to make you lose interest in the plot. The main blunder why I am calling it "An Unqualified Thriller" is made by the writer who penned it and the director who never questioned it.If the writer and director of a murder mystery think that putting a Dead Body in a deep freezer for many days will keep the time and day of the murder A Secret, then it simply means that they still have to get their facts right. It's the most childish forensic liberty taken ever in a crime movie.To make it simple, it's based on a plot where Naseer shoots himself in front of Paresh Rawal and Neha Dhupia and leaves them a challenge to prove his suicide as a murder if they can. Now in the next scene you see that Paresh & Neha both decide to put the dead Naseer in a deep freezer and plan to take him out after some days. And this is all done saying that putting the body in the freezer will never tell the day and time of the murder to anyone. And the whole movie moves around that freezer in which the body lies.The moment this came on screen I lost all my interest of seeing the talented star-cast together in a mystery movie. The movie has been shot competently but the writing leaves wide cracks open in the mystery. Paresh Rawal as always carries the movie on his shoulders and tries hard to make it convincing. Though the performances of Naseer, Neha and Boman were enjoyable and the director Shivam Nair also manages to shoot some good sequences. But the viewer cannot be served performances alone. The makers need to think that audiences have some to see a crime drama with twists and turns opening new angles to think.If a Murder Mystery raises too many questions and there are no answers to those queries in the narration then it doesn't qualify to be a good thriller. "Maharathi" is the best example to that. For example, Why Nasser kills himself and why not he kills his wife Neha instead to get rid of all troubles? Why he leaves everything inherited to Paresh whom he has met just few days ago? Ironically, there is a life insurance of 25 crores done by Nasser and he is living his life miserably all in debts. If he can manage to pay the premium of this huge sum then why he cannot pay his debts off? Tara Sharma, an architecture student, is kept as a house keeper who never visits the room of his sick employer and just keeps on washing floors. She is shown to be dumb and a night walker too but surprisingly she is sharp enough to help Paresh by giving false statement to the police knowing that he will never get caught.What is Boman Irani (The Lawyer) contribution to the plot? What was his relationship with Neha? Boman seems to be doing silly things in the climax, not expected from a well established Criminal Lawyer? Om Puri (completely wasted) enters as a detective and he is so experienced but he doesn't doubt Paresh and never questions him about background or his entry in the house just few days back. And in the climax he just shoots Boman, just like that as if it was an encounter. Why he doesn't shoot on his hand as a responsible officer? Apart from these there are so many questions which I can go on with but there is no use of listing them as they would not get any answers. But I must say that if a die-hard fan of Alfred Hitchcock, Agatha Christie, Felu-Da and Byomkesh Bakshi (like myself) watches this movie then he will not like to say anything but would only love to get back to the masters of mystery cinema as soon as possible and see or read any one of their creations again.Interestingly the plot of putting the dead body in a box (deep freezer here) is quite similar to that in Alfred Hitchcock's "Rope". You can watch "Maharathi" only if you can ignore the faulty plot and would love to see the performances of the talented actors together.