Samrat & Co. Movie Review

By TaSha

Updated on Apr 25, 2014 | 10:44 PM IST | 3M

Here are the reviews for the movie Samrat & Co. Watch out this space for more updates!

Rating:1.5/5 Review ByTaran Adarsh Site:Bollywood Hungama

While the screenplay writers of this film (Kaushik Ghatak, Manish Srivastav) seems to have done a sloppy job, which otherwise could have turned the film into a watchable affair. The dialogue writer (Sanjay Masoom) does a 'creatively decent' job with his words. While the editor Nipun Gupta seemed to know what was expected of him, delivers his goods intact. But, the same cannot be said about the action (Kaushal and Moses), which is a letdown. What one fails to understand why would the hero and the villain get into a 'question and answer session' while fighting with each other! As far as the music is concerned (Ankit Tiwari) despite the inclusion of an item number, the film offers no memorable song which you can hum on your way back home. The only saving grace/ salvation/ redemption of the film seems to be Sandeep Shirodkar's background music that keeps the film at its pace.
All in all, SAMRAT AND CO is a major letdown, certain elements notwithstanding.

Rating:2/5 Review By: Site:Times of India

Barring Rajeev Khandelwal, everyone else is loud. The script lacks punch as the 'Samratisms' (one-liners) are anything but clever. To top it all, an animated Shimla evokes maximum laughter.
While it's brave of the conservative Rajshri productions to take the leap - from family dramas to thrillers, the effort should have been more compelling. While Sherlock Holmes was dismissive of mediocrity, Samrat succumbs to it.

Rating:0.5/5 Review By:Paloma Sharma Site:Rediff

A blatant, unashamed and at times, scene-by-scene copy of films like Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and Bhool Bhulaiya, Samrat & Co might have a good enough screenplay buried somewhere beneath all the trash but none of it shows in the execution.
Samrat & Co might be about an extraordinarily observational man's fight against crime but as far as cinema goes, this film is a crime against the genre.

Rating:0.5/5 Review By:Faheem Ruhani Site:India Today

The film comes across as a very amateur attempt at a thriller. You just wish the silly film had ended at the interval point before continuing with its silliness. Even the production values are outright shoddy.
After seeing this film you miss the Rajeev Khandelwal who debuted in the brilliantly made Aamir (2008). Better to watch the more thrilling CID on TV then suffer Samrat and his company.