Nil Battey Sannata Movie Reviews
Feature Film | 2016 | U | Drama, Social Issues
Critics:
Review by: Manisha Lakhe - NOWRUNNING
'If the son of a doctor becomes a doctor, the son of an engineer, an engineer, then won't the daughter of a domestic worker become a domestic worker?' A mother of a stubborn young girl who lives in a shanty town in Agra decides that she is going to prove her daughter's statement wrong. And we get to watch a delightful film on relationships, on tenacity, on education...
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Review by: Udita Jhunjhunwala - Firstpost
Using locations, sets, costumes, language and setting (Agra), Iyer Tiwari creates an authentic world with a universal emotional core. However, at the close, the narrative trips over its own benevolence. Through well-etched scenes and solid characters the film delivers important lessons about dreams, motivation, friendship, parenting and sacrifice, including the view that one should befriend math rather than fight it.
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Review by: Suhani Singh - India Today
Maths is that five-letter word that evokes as much fear in some as the word devil. Against the background of complex equations, Ashwini Iyer Tiwari has set a sweet, straightforward tale of a stubborn teenager and her equally stubborn mother.Mother's Day is on May 8 and Nil Battey Sannata is a timely, fitting tribute to the paramount figure in all our lives without whom we are all lesser beings.
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Review by: Saibal Chatterjee - Ndtv
A disarmingly simple and heart-warming film that articulates its message without making a song and dance about it, Nil Battey Sannata is a fine achievement.It shines a light on a segment of society where life is a daily grind and where the smallest dreams face the most daunting obstacles.
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Review by: Shubhra Gupta - Indian Express
The title is a fallen-into-disuse Hindi phrase. Nil means zero. Bata/ Battey is a word for division. And `sannata’ is, of course, silence. Or ‘shoonya’. Zero divided by zero is equal to? Yep. Zero. ‘Nil Battey Sannata’ has a strong message about how education can change your life. It does underline the message, but stays just short of being preachy or message-y. And leaves you with a warm glow.
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