Saala Khadoos

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Saala Khadoos

Released Jan 29, 2016

2h 30m

Drama

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A former boxer (Madhavan) trains a rebellious young woman (Ritika Singh) to become a top fighter.

Namrata Joshi

The Hindu

The central characters might be nicely defined on paper but the performances are set a few notes too high.

Jan 2, 2019

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Rachel Saltz

New York Times

Ms. Kongara seems to know the clichés of fighter movies and is mostly unembarrassed to embrace them. That keeps the film humming along, as does Mr. Madhavan, who grows in stature along with Adi.

Jan 31, 2016

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Rahul Desai

CatchNews

These overcooked, manufactured emotions are redundant layers in context of typical underdog stories. Saala Khadoos is everything that is wrong with this genre.

Rated: 1.5/5

Feb 7, 2019

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Pooja Pande

BookMyShow

The film is crisp, and does not stray away from its USP at any point - its emotional connection with us, the audience.

Jan 17, 2019

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Sukanya Verma

Rediff.com

Between its many, many confused, underdeveloped, raucous ideas hides the film Saala Khadoos set out to be. Too bad it never made it to the screen.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 2, 2018

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Saibal Chatterjee

NDTV

Why does Saala Khadoos fail to land the knockout punch in spite of getting a few hooks and upper cuts right? Despite the many promising situations that it rustles up, there is little room in the well-intentioned yet rough-hewn drama for genuine surprises.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jul 2, 2018

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Priyan B

Gripping till end, an intense sports drama. 8.2/10

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/21/24

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Ashish K

Definitely worth the time .Watch it for performances of the lead actors -Madhavan is a revelation

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/21/23

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yash b

This is a solid sports movie from Bollywood. I do feel it is surpassed by other films in its genre, but nonetheless, this one has certain qualities that make it stand out. I think the movie's greatest asset is that is showcases some very good performances. I do feel there is a bit too much going on in the story and for that sometimes it's hard to tell what the movie wants to focus on. I think if it focused up a little more on the sports element of the story and took out all of the romance elements, I may have considered it to be a great one. Overall, it's a solid sports movie that has a positive message and features a great boxing sequence in the final act. Fans of sports movies should check it out.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Maddy seems to be a Mark of Quality Cinema, worth watching. Great Performances and good boxing flix

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

Madhvan was good. But story compromised with Boxing. Could not connect with it. Good but could be better.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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I liked the movie, but I did fell it went overboard with the storytelling. The plot revolves around dirty politics in woman's boxing association. A boxing coach finds a promising boxer in the slums, they go through hardship & challenges to become the best in the country only to face the hurdle of corruption and enmity by the association head. I understand there are problems with sports association but the movie makers must have combined all the issues faced by different individuals into this single story. Also, romantic songs and angles are not needed in a sports movie. It does have great casting and performance by all, the leads as well as supporting actors. A good watch and really good efforts in covering a genre (woman in sports) normally ignored by the public in general

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Synopsis

A former boxer (Madhavan) trains a rebellious young woman (Ritika Singh) to become a top fighter.

Director: Sudha Kongara
Producer: Rajkumar Hirani
Screenwriter: Sudha Kongara, Sunanda Raghunathan, Sudha Kongara, Madhavan, Sudha Kongara
Distributor: UTV Motion Pictures
Production Co: Y NOT Studios, Tricolour Productions, Oveyen studio, Thirukumaran Entertainment, Rajkumar Hirani Films, UTV Motion Pictures
Genre: Drama, Action
Original Language: Tamil
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 29, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Runtime: 2h 30m

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