Inmechon The movie's only flaw is also a virtue: It's jammed with characters, stories, warmth and laughs.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

cmongettingonnerves I was amazed at how badly made this movie is. The film boasts a rocking star cast - Anupam Kher, Jaya Bachhan, Rani Mukherjee, Konkona Sen Sharma, Abhishek Bachhan - but still fails to deliver!!They took a storyline that has been *made* and *remade* a gazillion times in Cinema the world over, and then made a hash of it! The story of an innocent girl turning to prostitution to fend for her family. The harsh reality of the lives of the poor. To see what society drives some women and their families too. The old rehashed story of desperate times, and even more desperate measures.. If you were however looking for good cinema you are in the wrong theater! This movie does not bother getting its hands dirty!Take the Marathi film *Doghi* (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305483/), subtract all the substance, add loads of glamor, allow for a pinch of acting, and you have the film *Lagaa Chunari Mein Daag*.

bluejaspanic I read the user comments before I saw this movie and I have to say after watching it I was pleasantly surprised. The movie is about a sister who turns to prostitution to support her family. Some users criticized how the main character ends up in prostitution and others criticized the outcome (skip this next line if you don't want to know the end of the movie-namely that her family and to-be-fiancée finds out and accepts her anyway). They said the movie was woman bashing. I did not find this to be the case. The film wasn't saying that all women end in prostitution if they have no job skills, it was merely saying that some women end up getting tricked into prostitution. That is true. I don't think its woman bashing to start with a real problem that happens with women. The outcome of her family shouldering responsibility and not putting all the shame on the main character is again not a sign of women bashing. It is merely implying that women who get involved into prostitution are not fully to blame. There are circumstances and events that end up pressuring women into these situations. Society needs to take their fair share of responsibility. It dealt with the issue of blame and shame. It did not deal with how to get women out of brothels, but not every movie needs to find a solution to a social problem for it to get a good rating. I think it had a good message that prostitution as an industry is degrading and harmful for women, but women are not solely to blame, those who had a hand in sending women into prostitution should also take there share of the shame. As for other parts of the movie, I find the acting to be good. Some of the songs were rather enjoyable, others could have been edited. All in all, it was good film with skilled actors, nice scenery, and a decent message. I think most viewers could enjoy this movie.

praneeth karkera A look at a lush green fully grown tree might be a treat for one's eye but even it's root might have ended up in some drain of a cosmopolitan city from where it sources its life.Well such is the story of this movie where in a simple small town girl falls in the webs of the flesh industry to get her family out of it's hysterical trouble. Now when such is the story of the movie less is left for the director and more for the actors to perform....and do they deliver???....YES they do, Rani Mukherjee does justice to this difficult role that she has performed, specially during the transformation from a village girl to the so called "high class escort". But Hats off to Jaya Bachchan & Konkona Sen Sharma who i should say is a jewel of bollywood. Its now that i realize how talented Mrs Bachchan is, a remarkable performance i should say. Abhiskek Bachchan is not Akshay Kumar but does his part in the movie to the audience's pleasure.On an all it is a well crafted movie, a movie on which effort has not been put only to sell it but otherwise.As far as the Rs 220 that i spent on watching this film is concerned, i think i got my money's worth. My suggestion is "please go and watch the film for the performances.

n467889 This fall is supposed to be full of good and bad surprises. All the previews of this flick promised that a treat is likely to come our way. And this is exactly what has gone against this movie.The highlights of the songs weren't too misleading, as far as its catchy tunes are concerned. The plot revolves around a family settled in Benaras. Shivshanker Sahay (Anupam Kher) is a retired man lives in an ancestral house, with two daughters, and his wife, Sabitri (Jaya Bachchan). The elder daughter Vibha (Rani) is more conscious of her parents' old age, their growing anxiety for making both ends meet, and her incapacity as a woman to support her parents as a son would have done. This financial crisis pushes Vibha to fetch for work in a city of opportunities where opportunities are very hard to strike. From this point, the never-ending saga of Vibha turning into Natasha brings a very predictable twist in the story. Chutki (Konkana Sen) is one of the finest artists in Indian cinema. She has done full justice to her role as a younger daughter with little understanding of the family crisis and huge dreams for future. Though it is a very well-executed movie, with finesse of Pradeep Sarkar, and all the right ingredients for a commercial hit, it is a very predictable movie. The reason for its predictability is that the previews not only revealed the entire story, but stole all the surprising elements from it.