Janaan

audience Reviews

, 62% Audience Score
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    great movie loved every bit
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    best movie ever <3
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    Janaan is a decent attempt and seems to have been made for a small budget. Cinematography was very good, but they should have shown more of the region rather than focus on the shots on set. I don't think they utilised the northern areas as much as they could have Armeena was the wrong casting. I think they made her stand on a stool for her shots with bilal. There was zero chemistry between the actors. Bilal looks good as the hero but definitely very wooden and needs to work very hard training to be an actor but the sidekick Ali rehman stole the film from under his nose The script was clichéd and too many OTT pathan stereotypes. Inaccurate cultural references. For example, girls driving alone at night with no dupatta even. That would never happen. I have to wear a chaddor and would never be allowed to drive a car in my village, let alone at night. So, no pashtun family is that modern in swat. They didn't explore the characters enough. Why was mishi Khan unmarried, why was the chachi evil one second and then not the next. The absurd notion that armeena came back to Pakistan after ten odd years and didn't recognise any of her family... Erm... They didn't Skype or see photos of each other in that period? Also, Ali who suddenly went from a mega chichora to having serious feelings for meena was unauthentic. Basically lots of goofs that could have been avoided. Songs were very bad, especially shor sharaaba was tragic and cringe. Only Reid-e-gul was worth a mention. The evil guy ikramullah could have been developed much more but they didn't do that and just left it very superficial. Often it felt like a glossy long play from HUM TV and not a feature film. Marketing has been its strongest point hence I am glad people went out to watch this film and many more to come from Pakistan
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    This film was very entertaining. Locations breathtaking. Feel good film, which i highly recommend.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    The first half of the movie was pretty decent from story line , humor , direction and cinematography , however after intermission the movie turned into a Hum tv drama . The pace turned into 10-20 sec per frame , the cinematography turned into as a drama print . The story line got strong but as a drama script . I was as disappointed as happy I was before interval .
  • Rating: 0.5 out of 5 stars
    terrible.. not at all a good and truthful portrayal.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    Saw the first show of this movie in Sydney Australia. Simply loved the movie. Clean, a true family film. Raised issue of child molestation. Superb acting by all. Excellent songs. Photography of the film is better than any contemporary films. A must watch movie if you are an Indian to see that a film can be made without sex scenes, vulgar jokes and stupid comedy. Salute to the whole team. Bravo!!