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Shwaas (2004)

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Reviews Counted:5

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Average Rating:5.5/10

Rated: Not Rated

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Dec 10, 2004 Limited

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Michael Dequina

The simple story strains to maintain a run time that is already far shorter than the Indian film norm.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 27 2005 01:58 PM

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Kirk Honeycutt

While the film sometimes plays like an hour TV medical drama padded to reach feature length, Sawant achieves touching, naturalistic performances from a fine ensemble cast.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 06 2005 05:04 PM

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V.A. Musetto

An old-fashioned soaper that will please or not, depending on a viewer's tolerance for schmaltz.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 10 2004 03:51 PM

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A.O. Scott

Mr. Sawant does his best to balance hopeful sentiment with the depressing prospect of a child's world going dark, and he tries to infuse this simple melodrama with a sense of tenderness and beauty.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 09 2004 07:57 PM

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Ben Kenigsberg

Takes a potential hot-button premise -- the callous indifference of the Indian medical bureaucracy toward the lower classes -- and dramatizes it in the most shameless way possible.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 08 2004 10:15 PM

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