Manjhi: The Mountain Man (2015)

The Worst Film Ever

Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

The bad part first: the direction of the movie, direction of photography casting (except Siddiqui), dialogs, acting (except siddiqui) are a black hole. Highly mediocre stuff. Music is inserted like being done on gunpoint. The whole project has been executed i a shoddy manner. I do not expect this from a team led by someone like Ketan Mehta. No cinematic excellence as such.The Good part now: Nawazuddin Siddiqui is a fine actor and he did pull the movie on his shoulders completely. Even after the best efforts of the director to spoil the movie, Siddiqui does not let Ketan take away the charm of the legend with him. Siddiqui remains the only good part of the movie. Way to go for this chap. he should think ten times before working for KEtan MEhta again.The legend lives on: One does not love the legend for this movie, one can just watch the movie since it is based on the legend. The movie did injustice to the legend and the legend of course set the base of this and maybe several documentaries like these. So in case one is interested in knowing the legend, better catch a good documentary about him rather than wasting time on this movie full of mediocre and amateur stuff.The rating: Of course, we Indians just like Americans, are an emotional lot. We, just like Americans, like to celebrate our mediocrity loudly. That's why the high ratings.

This is the first movie ever to make me cry, the emotions of DASHRATH MANJHI portrayed by Nawazuddin is heart melting..its been a while since i've watched something like this and it's only the second time i actually feel the urge to write a review for a movie because it deserves one. i can't appreciate enough the efforts and excellence of Nawaz. The determination,love for his wife and will power of DASHRATH MANJHI is unbelievable n awe inspiring. Building a Taj Mahal for your wife with someone else's money and man power and then cutting their hands off so that they can't make more of its likes is one thing but constructing a road through a mountain for others in memory of your wife is something that the world needs especially at a time when everyone thinks of their own. People say many odd things about Biharis and their culture for them its a lesson for them , hope next time they ope their mouths they would remember the name MANJHI. I loved how the director has brought the realness of bihari culture into this movie and hats off to nawaz for portraying it so well. Last time i saw a perfect biopic was Bhaag Milkha Bhaag ,its nice to see that movie makers have started working in this genre,its at least better than the Masala category. It was sad to see that the movie made only 15 million in the box office where as some masala movie with nothing but extreme heroism, brainless scripts and over exaggerated scene defying the laws of physics make millions ,anyways thanks to Karan Mehta for bringing to us the story of DASHRATH MANJHI and also thanks to Nawazuddin Siddiqui for portraying it so well.

If Indian viewers can spend 100 Million on Prem Ratan Dhan Payo than this movie is definitely not for this kind of public.Movie opens with the Nawazud Din standing on the Mountain and calling "Aray Bharam hey Bharam".A man standing on huge mountain, tells the mountain that 'this is illusion'. A perfect opener. Please don't watch if you have already spent your two cents on Prem Ratan Dhan Payo's 100 Million.Nawaz ud din alone took the movie from start to end. Music is not that bad. 'Phagunia' role was good.

this movie is very good. and i think only NAWAZUDDIN SIDDIQI can do the role of MANJHI. and he is the soul of this movie. and I want to say thanks to Mr. KETAN MEHTA also. RADHIKA MAM is also looking good in the role of PHAGUNIYA. Tigmanshu Dhulia have also good acting in the role of MUKHIYA. MANJHI the mountain man very real movie. a character who broken the mountain for love. the love for his wife. the love for his villagers. and the love for his village. in the childhood, MANJHI is a normal man such as we. but when he got a painfully war on his mind. he is changed. very changed. and he broke the mountain. and we all should be the mountain man. i think every person to have watch this movie.