Reviews & Ratings for
मिर्ज़िया (2016)

Mirzya Movie Review :

Can a movie have an interesting premise, breathtaking visuals, amazing cinematography, well composed music and yet be a complete disaster?

Mirzya just proved its possible…
This movie follows the legend of Mirzya Sahiban and the tale of their doomed love story.

The original love story might be doomed, but this film is a certified box office disaster!

This has got to be one of the worst films I have ever seen. This includes humshakals in that list…
Right from the start, this movie falters, it doesn’t feel real, or impactful or genuine. Something is off about it. It doesn’t have a soul. Just well shot scenes and great camera work.
I generally start with the positives, so here they are, it has a good polished look and scenes are shot well. Other than that…
The negatives… mostly the whole film…
Acting, Anil Kapoor son seems a lame duck in his debut film, he neither has the anger, the anguish or the fire of a lover. He seems confused on what’s going on throughout the whole film. His future may or may not be bright, this film doesn’t help his cause at all.
The other debutante, saiyami kher is terrible to look at and her acting is beyond atrocious. Physical beauty isn’t everything, but as a heroine she needs to look the part. This actress just doesn’t. As her character falls for the wrong man, her acting shows no passion, no emotion, nothing.
The smaller roles are better acted, but who cares by now!

Now we come to the stupidity of this film. The direction.
This would have been better directed by Sajid Khan! I am not sure if I really mean that or not. But the director dropped the ball completely.
50% of the film is in slow motion, it gets repetitive and comic after a while. In-between randomly people in in some strange village start dancing for no reason, nothing related to the plot, we don’t know who the heck these people are, but they dance like ballerinas…
The film (if it can be called that) looks like a series of ads/ music videos stuck together incoherently. With Daler mehendi randomly screaming 'mirrzayyaaaaannn' at the top of his voice... In between I was like, scream 'mirzya' one more time asshole... I dare you! will throw a shoe at the damn screen!
Not to mention they completely threw away a great song and didnt use it properly!

Long story short, The hero is a waste, heroine is atrocious. Film is so bad that it is not just skip able, but we should bury it under the earth, then build a mall over. Demolish the mall and then NUKE the whole pile.

Rating : 0/10. For Imdb sake I have to rate it 1/10. AVOID, RUN the away. Never talk about this train wreck EVER. I only know how I sat through it, and didn’t fall asleep.

P.S: I saw this movie with a film maker friend of mine, who at the end said, “what a waste lover! No fuel for bike, ladki bhagaya, with no plan! Not even a bottle of water!”

The soundtrack of Mirzya is simply amazing. Shankar, Ehsaan, and Loy have written some of my all-time favorite soundtracks, but Mirzya seems like it is a whole other level. This soundtrack is A. R. Rahman level fusion of folk sounds and electronic dance beats. I downloaded the whole thing " I don"t often buy a whole soundtrack " and I'vebeen listening to all 15 tracks constantly. I had heard very mixed things about Mirzya the film, but I wanted to see it just to see the song sequences. They were amazing. The film itself was not always stellar, but it was worth it just for the glorious music. I saw the very last showing of Mirzya at my local theater, all by myself. This movie sure came and went lightning fast. I enjoyed myself, and I will be buying the DVD when it comes out just to rewatch the song sequences. Full review here: https://moviemavengal.com/2016/10/15/mirzya-im-in-love-with-the-soundtrack-but-there-wasnt-sizzling-chemistry-in-this-love-story/

Apart from technical brilliance, there is hardly anything in the movie which makes it worth watching. The movie will have to depend solely on the multiplex audience for its investment but even they are likely to stay away due to the incoherent script. In short, dont bother!!!

After a very high expectations, one should desire to gain something extraordinary. I'm from one of them. I'm die hard fan of Gulzar and Rakesh Omprakash Mehra. So, may be you can find it bias.
The legend of Mirza-Sahiban was the concept which Rakesh had to filmed. For that his writer, Gulzar penned a similar story. And then narration goes smoothly in both the eras in the film. What made Sahiban to brake Mirza's arrows is the question to be found. And the team leaves you to think and find out whatever answer you would like to keep.
Anil Kapoor's son Harshvardhan Kapoor is here as Mirza. And it's his debut film. Saiyami Kher plays the role of Sahiban. Both the newcomers had done above average work.
All the other actors, like Om Puri, Art Malik and Anuj Chaudhary are good in their respective roles. Some dancers are there, and they keep coming to the screen to tell a pain in a folk-dance form. These little elements make this film a worthy watch.
Otherwise, as far as story is concern, the question of broken arrows is good, but what else we want from the tale? Despite the fact that the team of Mirzya had not enough material to present, the team experiments and develops new things. In these new things, the major one is Indian Cultural Music.
Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy & Daler Mehndi have given the music as well as background score. Gulzar has written lyrics in the form of poetry. Every single song with its meaningful words stays with you in your heart if you are able to listen it. If not, than just O Mirzyaa in the voice of Daler Paaji can able to melt your inner anger and you'll find yourself in some unknown moment which delivers only peace. Title track and Teen Gawah are five out of five songs. Every single bit of these songs are my obsession. I can't describe what I feel when I listen these songs, but for me it's wonderful experience.
Hitchki, Hota Hai, Nadi, Chakora - all these songs deserve awards. No Indian movie has given this type of pure Indian music. And I'm not talking about only this year, I don't remember when did last time I hear these type of purity in Indian movie music. Hat's off!
Now, let's talk about Cinematography by Pawel Dyllus. I can imagine whatever Mirzya film shows in Rajasthan. Though, that is superb, but let me be frank. I can imagine this type of cinematography. But... One thing is beyond my imagination, and that is the part of Ladakh. I can't imagine how difficult it was to shoot in Ladakh on such a large level. Like with the usage of 20 horses and 30 people, running here and there, and the little drops of water which move in slow motion with shining. Every single picture or shot is 100% perfect or even above that in the part of Ladakh.
Director Rakesh Omprakash Mehra had given films like Rang De Basanti and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. These films got successful. But, Delhi-6 and Aks didn't. Mirzya will go in the second category. Box office collection will not be high as M.S. Dhoni is running nicely. And mix review of these movie will not get more people after weekend. The things will be remembered, are the visuals, the unusual film-making, the cultural music with great lyrics, the beauty of Ladakh & the answer of those broken arrows.
Some people don't make films for money, or to be famous, they just make what they want to. I salute to Rakesh and his visions. Some may feel another kind of perception about his film, but let me tell them only one thing that if you don;t understand it, doesn't mean that it's a bad film. You can deny the film if you don't like it as a film, but you have to agree that Bollywood had never seen this type of cinema before. If you like it, it's okay, if you don't, it's okay, too.But, for me, Mirzya will remain in my heart forever, like one of the lines of the title track speaks, 'Marta nahi hai Ishq O Mirza, Sadiyon Saahiban rahti hai'!
Dare to love. Dare to be desirable. Dare to be like Rakesh. Dare to think and develop. Dare to do for self. Dare to be unusual.