By Rediff, September 6, 2008 - 09:02 IST
1 of 1 people found this review helpful The story is preciously simple, and, is told in a lovely, almost Iranian fashion. Majid Majidi's fantastic everyday minimalism clearly has an influence on Sivan, and it's heartening to see an Indian filmmaker so assuredly stark.
By Hindustan Times, September 8, 2008 - 11:07 IST
1 of 1 people found this review helpful Stretching snowscapes, flickering lives that could be extinguished at any moment, a fatherless family and the adorable kid who wants to bring his pet donkey back home – these are just some of the elements of Santosh Sivan's Tahaan which deals with innocence versus violence in the valley.
By MumbaiMirror, September 8, 2008 - 11:11 IST
1 of 1 people found this review helpful This film deserves immediate shelf-space among the senselessness around.
By Filmfare / Times of India / Indiatimes, September 5, 2008 - 11:13 IST
Tahaan is embroiled in a terrorist conspiracy alongside the false pretext of getting his donkey back. How does the terror campaign influence Tahaan and does he succeed in getting Birbal back forms the premise of the story.
By dcealumni, September 5, 2008 - 18:00 IST
The film "Tahaan" is about a little boy who gets greedy for his donkey to innocently commit a highly illicit act. The little boy in the film looks innocent and his affection for his donkey is also very sweet but the film lacks a constant script and screenplay to depict the sequence orderly and effectively.
By AOL, September 5, 2008 - 18:21 IST
The film drags on for no reason. The storytelling feels contrived and there is no flow in the script. The film lacks direction. It is evident that Santosh Sivan, the cinematographer, is more active than Santosh Sivan, the director. Some good work in the photography department but the high mountains and the melting snow is all the camera focuses on.
By Indya, September 6, 2008 - 09:03 IST
Tahaan agrees and hides the grenade and takes it across for the teenager who is actually a part of a terrorist group.
By Businessofcinema, September 6, 2008 - 09:05 IST
The film is laced with little morals that complete the fable it is. But cinematic overuse over time has unfortunately rendered those clichés. The film loses its grip in its attempt to moralise and include universal messages.
By Glamsham, September 8, 2008 - 11:09 IST
Purav Bhandare, the central character in Santosh Sivan's TAHAAN, has elbowed Darsheel Safary, the child star of TAARE ZAMEEN PAR out of his top slot. There was no written confirmation about the fact that Darsheel was on top of the heap, but the fact that he now endorses so many products and is seen so often on television is a fair enough barometer. Bhandare goes one up.
