Himmatwala (2013)

Hindi 2 hrs 30 mins Action
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Review Summary: HIMMATWALA was THE film that gave an impetus to the trend of remaking South Indian films in the 1980s. Post this film there...

Average Critic Rating: (1.79)
Cast: Ajay Devgn , Tamannaah Bhatia , Paresh Rawal , Mahesh Manjrekar , ZARINA WAHAB , Adhyayan Suman , Leena Jumani , Anil Dhawan , Sonakshi Sinha , Amruta Khanvilkar , Surveen Chawla , Mona Tripha , Sayantani Ghosh , Rinku Ghosh , Sajid Khan , Riteish Deshmukh , Chunky Pandey , Naman Jain , Rajendra Gupta , Vindu Dara Singh , Asrani
Director: Sajid Khan
Release Date: 29 Mar 2013
Est. Box Office Collection: 48.2 CR

Plot: Set in 1983, the story begins with Ravi ( Ajay Devgan ) winning a fighting competition at a club. He is called as 'Himmatwala' meaning courageous man. He then goes to Ramnagar village where he meets his mother, Savitri and his younger sister, Padma who are living a miserable life. Ravi's Read more

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Himmatwala - Top Reviews

Ajay Devgn manages to get it in a couple of moments
Full review on Indian Express
Shubhra Gupta, Indian Express
You could skip it!
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Mohar Basu, Koi Moi
Himmatwala is loud, puerile and so unfunny that it hurts
Full review on Hindustan Times 
Anupama Chopra, Hindustan Times 
Himmatwala returns to his gaon to avenge his baap’s death. Here he meets sher sherni maa behen and other assorted creatures.
Full review on Times of India
Madhureeta Mukherjee, Times of India
Cast:Ajay Devgn, Tammanah Bhatia, Paresh RawalDirector:Sajid KhanIt must take a special kind of skill to remake a mediocre film like 1983's 'Himmatwala' without even marginally improving on it. Director Sajid Khan's pot pourri of excessive melodrama, puer
Full review on IBN 
Rajeev Masand, IBN 
Devgn gives Himmatwala his best shot but stepping into the Jumping Jack’s boots while strutting around in the garb of a bone-crunching terminator can’t be easy. He is joined in the garish Taaki taaki and Nainon mein sapna routines by Tamannaah Bhatia. San
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Saibal Chatterjee, NDTV 
Old is cold!
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Rajeev Masand, Rajeev Masand
A parody that does no justice to the original film or the efforts of its lead actor and comedian
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Rachit Gupta, FilmFare
HIMMATWALA was THE film that gave an impetus to the trend of remaking South Indian films in the 1980s. Post this film there...
Full review on Bollywood Hungama
Taran Adarsh, Bollywood Hungama
You could skip it!
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Rummana Ahmed, Yahoo India
The original Himmatwala (1983) was no classic, but it remains iconic for the genre and era of films it has come to represent.
Full review on SIFY
Sonia Chopra, SIFY
Late 70's & early 80's was unanimously ruled by Amitabh Bachchan over the box office. There were actors like Dharmendra, Rishi Kapoor and few others who too had their share of hits, but nowhere in competition to the superstar. The only actor who gave litt
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Divya Solgama, Movie Zadda

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Himmatwala - All Reviews

The new age 21st century Himmatwala is a complete remake of the 1983 film. The story is about a poor and wronged woman’s son returns from the big city to avenge his father, a honest school teacher.
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You need ample Himmat to watch the inane and mindless ham fest Himmatwala.
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Mansha Rastogi, Now Running
You could skip it!
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Avad M, Bollywood 3
StoryHimmatwala features Ajay Devgn and Tamanna Bhatia in the leads and is a remake of the 1983 blockbuster of the same name, directed by K Raghavendra Rao starring Jeetendra and Sridevi. Himmatwala revolves around the story of a poor and wronged woman''s
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Nabanita, OneIndia
Himmatwala Review by Indicine critic Joginder Tuteja.
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It's just a slapstick entertainer for those wanting to grab a new movie every Friday
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K N Gupta, Smash Hits
‘Himmatwala’ is a remake of 1983 blockbuster starring Jitendra and Sridevi.  Sajid did not change the narrative, he kept intact the original plot-line and made the film protagonists, Ajay Devgn and Tamannah to dress and portray like Jeetendra and Sridevi.
Full review on Bollywood Mantra
Bollywood Mantra
Alas! it falls short of it and does not do any justice to the original movie.
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Abhishek Bhardwaj, Rate Movies Here
A remake of 80's blockbuster with the same name starring Jeetendra and Sridevi was not really a cult classic but it established the trend of remaking South hits in Mumbai besides bestowing super stardom upon Sridevi.
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HaribabuBolineni, Chirtamala
On the whole, Himmatwala faces a supremely uphill task at the ticket-windows. It will do well initially at the single-screen cinemas but will not find favour with the multiplex audience. Without much support coming in from the younger generation, it will
Full review on Komals Reviews
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Himmatwala
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Movie that just won’t quit. With a run time of (what feels like) 18 hours, it is a seizure-inducing montage of everything that was wrong with our movies from the ’80s. Including Ajay Devgn, who came soon after, and was okay with all vowels in his surname
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Ravina Rawal, First Post
To sum up, Himmatwala is not a perfect film, but it has that masala appeal that will certainly attract the masses rather than the classes. This film does not manage to successfully bring back the 1980s, yet there are many things about Himmatwala that make
Full review on Bolly Spice
Bodrul Chaudhury, Bolly Spice
The colourful ’80s gone stale!
Full review on Bollywood Life
Suparna Thombare, Bollywood Life
On the whole, Himmatwala is one film which disappoints compltely. Peppy music, decent action and some hilarious comedy scenes will be loved by the masses. On the flip side, over the top situations and poor direction go completely against the film.. All sa
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Neha Prashar Gupta, Bollywood 3
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MSN India
A mindless masala flick!
Full review on Bollywood Life
Dhiren Trivedi, Bollywood Life
hat, though, is not enough to stop you from chanting 'Tacky o Tacky' as the end credits roll.
Full review on India Today
Vinayak Chakravorty, India Today
Good cast but poor making and silly execution
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Bharat Student
While this is the director's best film so far, catch it if only you are feeling nostalgic about the '80s
Full review on Mid-Day
Janhavi Samant, Mid-Day
Himmatwala faces a supremely uphill task at the ticket-windows. It will do well initially at the single-screen cinemas but will not find favour with the multiplex audience. Without much support coming in from the younger generation, it will go down in box
Full review on ETC
Komal Nahta, ETC
Sajid Khan's Ajay DevganTamannah Bhatia starring remake of the 1983 Bollywood masala hit 'Himmatwala' is neither a drama nor a comedy. It 's somewhere in-between. The remake of such trash which heralded Sridevi's second coming and Jeetendra'refreshed innings could only have been distinctive if there was some grand idea behind it's rehash.
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