Lucknow Central

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Lucknow Central

2017

2h 13m

Action

Crime

Drama

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Prisoners in a jail in Lucknow form a band.

Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

It is the mawkish sentimentality which overcomes the story-telling. When it is not that, then we find our fine conspirators being much too dramatic.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 18, 2019

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Namrata Joshi

The Hindu

The so-called "supporting" cast becomes the spine - Inaamulhaq, Dobriyal and Sharma in fine fettle here. The film also begins to get persuasive and involves you in exploring the duality between following your dream as against seeking freedom.

Jul 10, 2018

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Rachit Gupta

Filmfare

We know cause based films are the norm right now and maybe the idea behind the film was prison reform. It's heart was in the right place but everything else wasn't...

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 26, 2017

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Nandini Ramnath

Scroll.in

Ranjit Tiwari's debut feature coasts along on strong performances and a mostly absorbing, if overblown, plot.

Sep 15, 2017

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Rohit Vats

Hindustan Times

Lucknow Central fails to utilise its resources, especially Diana Penty, and loses out on a chance to become a really engaging film. Like Prison Break, it never reaps the benefits of a promising start.

Rated: 2.5/5

Sep 15, 2017

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Worst actor ever Akhtar

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

highly entertaining movie with a brilliant twist at the end

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/07/19

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Audience Member

Poor story/plot. Disappointing choice from Farhan Akhtar. However, solid acting from him, Rajesh Sharma, Deepak Dobriyal, Ronit Roy and Gippy Grewal.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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joel d

A sad premise with no consequence.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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This movie features some of my favorite artists in the industry, those who make soulful, sensible or humors movies and not just the nonsensical masala mesh up Bollywood is known for. So I was surprised to find the movie having an idiotic plot, erratic flow, and mediocre editing. The movie just had an idea but no knowhow on executing it. The last surprise was the movie ends stating it's inspired by true events; I did a little bit of digging. Turned out what they mean by true events are that a band competition was organized and they did get to play in functions that's about it, so 99% of the movie is made up stuff.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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mirza m

'Lucknow Central' is a solid watch with rough edges yet made worthwhile by an entertaining story line & dependable cast.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Kishan Mohan Girhotra

Diana Penty

Gayatri Kashyap

Ronit Roy

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Parminder Singh Gill

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Synopsis

Prisoners in a jail in Lucknow form a band.

Director: Ranjit Tiwari
Producer: Monisha Advani, Nikkhil Advani, Ajit Andhare, Madhu Bhojwani
Screenwriter: Aseem Arora
Production Co: Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Emmay Entertainment
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 16, 2017
Runtime: 2h 13m

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