Manthast Absolutely amazing

Aedonerre I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

Melanie Bouvet The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

guptaaks007 It is a shame that this movie has 5.6 out of 10 on iMDb. Such a gripping story highlighting the amorality extent in our society and how somebody can become a victim in such circumstances. The action sequences are quite amazing, something missing in our movies or overly exaggerated like in Salman Khan movies.

Varun Chaudhary little girl learns early that submitting to wrong-doing is not right, even if you have to suffer for it. Good tip, and Akira (the remake of a Tamil actioner) begins with promise, showing us how girls can choose karate over 'kathak' and flower. Akira (Sonakshi Sinha), no relation to Kurosawa, makes the journey from a colourful Rajasthan 'chota shehar' to 'mahanagari' Mumbai, and runs slam-bang into a convoluted plot involving a murder and missing cash and a bunch of corrupt cops, headed by the vicious ACP Rane (Anurag Kashyap, enjoying himself hugely and being extremely effective, even if very far from a Marathi-speaking native: I wouldn't like to meet Rane in a dark alley). Rane's khaki-clad cohorts who go about looting and pillaging and shooting innocents in cold blood get a lot of play: is this film the reason why the latest edict on not depicting the police 'in bad light' been announced? There is a sole 'good' cop in the movie, Konkona Sen Sharma's very pregnant, very dedicated officer ( clearly modeled on Francis McDormand's character in 'Fargo'), but she is only one against many. Having a young woman kick serious butt should be a matter of joy: what's not to like about strong female characters in male-dominated mainstream cinema? But what do you do if you are saddled with the most craven plot this side of the Vindhyas, which gives you wings, and then sets about clipping them? Sonakshi Sinha does a good job working the limitations of her role, but she alone cannot help this film from falling into a sinkhole.

Mrinal Singh Even though being a remake of a super hit movie, Akira, fails to leave a mark. The movie plot in itself is pretty weak and feels stretched at the wrong places. The background score isn't remarkable too. The loopholes of the plot provided to make Sonakshi look like a Superwoman is quite indigestible. Anurag Kashyap has done a good job as ACP but rest of the cast deserves some serious acting classes. An action thriller movie, where the stunts performed are not even convincing. Sonakshi's portrayal of Akira seems boring and as mentioned lacks the originality in action sequences. The effects are so bad that while injecting Sonakshi with sedatives the needle can be seen.Do yourself a favor and avoid watching this movie.

Ajit Tiwari Lately, we have been witnessing many movies on women empowerment and emancipation like Queen, Kahani, Mardaani, English Vinglish, NH10, Parched etc. Akira is an addition to these kinds of flicks from directed by A.R. Murugadoss (Gajini, Holiday fame).We get the message delivered at the very beginning when younger Akira confronts the acid attackers and later we see how she engulfed in a web of endangerment. Now she has to challenge the murky system and penance involved in the execution.The intention is noble and it was accomplished in some measure during the first half, however, it becomes predictable and clichéd in the later half. The screenplay is little sloppy and representation of some characters loses the grip. Sonakshi Sinha did justice to her role but the expressions and demeanor lacked in many important scenes.We see Konkana Sen Sharma is a very strong character but it was underdeveloped. Anurag Kashyap's menacing act is promising but lacks authenticity as a Marathi Cop. Other supporting cast did a good job.Action scenes are good and well-choreographed, music is average and background score is just fine.So, overall did the message get delivered, well, it depends on the perception because it has the same theme and execution which we have been served trillions of time, a protagonist rises against some malicious hoodlums then scuffles survives and finally becomes a conqueror.