By DNA India, December 8, 2007 - 10:18 IST
0 of 3 people found this review helpful 'Strangers in the Night' (Sanjay Gupta) with Mahesh Manjrekar and Neha Dhupia is another interesting one with a twist. Lowest on the rung are 'High on the Highway’ (Hansal Mehta) and 'Rise and Fall' (Sanjay Gupta and Hansal Mehta). Without getting into individual merits or the lack thereof of each story, suffice it to say that the acting is ordinary,...
By Hindustan Times, December 8, 2007 - 10:17 IST
0 of 2 people found this review helpful Nana Patekar, Shabana Azmi and Amrita Singh notch up inspired performances. By contrast, Sunil Shetty as an underworld bhai, doesn't. Frequently, you want to surf to another channel.. but wakey wakey, it's not Doordarshan. Overall, not happening.
By MTV India, December 8, 2007 - 10:16 IST
1 of 2 people found this review helpful Having possibly run out of films to copy from, Hindi film makers seem to have now resorted to copying from books. NO SMOKING was lifted off a Roald Dahl short story and so is the first short film in DUS KAHANIYAAN...
By Merinews, December 8, 2007 - 10:16 IST
Technically the film is polished, on the creative side only Sanjay Gupta shows skills as a director in a story or two, else even he churns out duds. Music, as in songs, doesn’t have any scope, though the background music in a couple of stories is excellent.
By Buzz18, December 8, 2007 - 10:15 IST
2 of 2 people found this review helpful A few stories in the film were too predictable like Matrimony, which tells us about the 'happily married' Sarin couple who apparently have no differences in lives. Living in their paradise the devoted wife goes and meets her ailing aunt every Thursday. But is she really meeting her aunt? A story about love and betrayal, it talks about how we fail to understand a person even after years of togetherness.
By Indicine, December 8, 2007 - 10:14 IST
1 of 1 people found this review helpful Dus Kahaniyaan is different. There are no song and dance numbers except for the title track during the credits, the background music is good. The movie has a twist in every tale, each story is unique, different and in no way connected to each other. Also each story has an average run time of just 12 mins, with the total movie runtime being 2 hours!
By Rediff, December 8, 2007 - 10:14 IST
Zahir, starring Dia Mirza [Images] and Manoj Bajpai [Images] is another one of the weaker films in this collection. Featuring a recently single man and the girl next door, like every other film on this list, nothing here is as it seems but the plot felt more heavy-handed than the better stories in this lis,t and the twist in this tale is more easily predicted than some of the others.
By Bollyvista, December 8, 2007 - 10:12 IST
Dus Kahaniyaan opens with "Matrimony" directed by Sanjay Gupta. Mandira Bedi plays a bored housewife married to a busy executive essayed by Arbaaz Khan. She is having an extra marital affair with an army officer, essayed by Sudhanshu Pandey.
By Radiosargam, December 8, 2007 - 10:11 IST
Power leads to egoism and that gives rise to bitterness. Yes, Rise and Fall narrates the story of two such gangster friends who were once driven by friendship, but now meet their inevitable end due to their own manipulations.
Heartless performances, and poor storyline renders an average spot to this story.
By Indya, December 8, 2007 - 10:10 IST
Two parallel stories run together to meet one end. Two gangsters and best pals (Dutt and Shetty) meet on the fateful day where one (Dutt) believes his best buddy has plotted to bump him off to take over his position to rule the underworld. This is the best technically handled story of the lot in trademark Gupta style.
By Glamsham, December 8, 2007 - 10:07 IST
1 of 1 people found this review helpful Definitely, this film is worth a watch. What you will come back with is memories of Shabhana Azmi and Nana Patekar. Sanjay Gupta has once again taken a path less trodden. That’s what creativity is all about.
By Now Running, December 8, 2007 - 10:07 IST
Overall, Dus Kahaniyaan is worth a watch in theatre. It's a unique way of story telling. 5 stories are good with brilliant twists and turns. You get to see 10 stories for the price of 1 ticket. Go for it!
By WithoutGivingTheMovieAway, December 8, 2007 - 10:06 IST
Each of the short stories has a punch at the end. The characters are remarkably developed with about 10 minutes for each story. The subjects chosen are such that everyone is likely to enjoy at least half of the stories. While a couple stories might come across as documentaries and/or preachy, some of them might touch a chord.
By Apunkachoice, December 8, 2007 - 10:06 IST
2 of 2 people found this review helpful The appeal of 'Dus Kahaniyaan' lies in the novelty of its concept. Almost all the stories are about ordinary characters in extraordinary circumstances. Sanjay Gupta emerges the frontman with five stories directed by him, 'Matrimony' and 'Gubbare' the best of his lot. Meghna Gulzar and Rohit Roy share the second spot with their impressive films 'Puranmaasi' and 'Rice Plate'.
By Movietalkies, December 8, 2007 - 10:04 IST
Looking at Dus Kahaniyaan from that perspective, probably the one story that truly stands out is the one directed by actor Rohit Roy. It goes without saying that he is greatly aided by the appearance of two of Hindi cinema's, or let's say, two of Indian cinema's best actors, Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi...
By Filmfare / Times of India / Indiatimes, December 7, 2007 - 11:53 IST
3 of 4 people found this review helpful Dus Kahaniyaan is not a feeble attempt like Darna Zaroori Hai and Sanjay Gupta has concentrated on the stories rather than depending on star-power to get the audience in. Maybe every tale is not gripping but about seven of the ten are not bad. The film just might set a trend of making multiple unconnected short films in one film. A definite watch for a different experience!
