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As the mother, Nargis is as resolute as a force of nature, and Mehboob Khan creates tableaux of the family that evoke its fragile unity. Mar 18, 2013 | Full Review…
As the mother, Nargis is as resolute as a force of nature, and Mehboob Khan creates tableaux of the family that evoke its fragile unity.
Fred Camper
True, there are dull spots and the overripe supporting cast pale beside Nargis' 'force of nature' central performance, but overall it's a wallowy treat. Feb 9, 2006 | Full Review…
True, there are dull spots and the overripe supporting cast pale beside Nargis' 'force of nature' central performance, but overall it's a wallowy treat.
Trevor Johnston
Often said to have helped set the pattern for the nearly 50 years of Indian film that has followed it. Aug 22, 2002
Often said to have helped set the pattern for the nearly 50 years of Indian film that has followed it.
Dave Kehr
An outrageous masala of apparently discordant elements. Aug 20, 2002
An outrageous masala of apparently discordant elements.
J. Hoberman
This looks a bit creaky now, but it's a big, entertaining work, with echoes of The Good Earth and Gone With the Wind. Aug 15, 2002 | Full Review…
This looks a bit creaky now, but it's a big, entertaining work, with echoes of The Good Earth and Gone With the Wind.
Peter Bradshaw
Put it this way, it's the birth of the Bollywood blockbuster. It should be on every cineaste's must-see list. Mar 18, 2013 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Put it this way, it's the birth of the Bollywood blockbuster. It should be on every cineaste's must-see list.
David Parkinson
Mother India is quintessential popular Hindi cinema. Mar 18, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Mother India is quintessential popular Hindi cinema.
The first great Bollywood blockbuster, Mother India (Bharat Mata) a purposefully melodramatic musical, liberally laced with action, wit, humour and also a strongly socialist strain. May 24, 2003 | Full Review…
The first great Bollywood blockbuster, Mother India (Bharat Mata) a purposefully melodramatic musical, liberally laced with action, wit, humour and also a strongly socialist strain.
Film4 Staff
The most popular film in Indian history -- it's said to have been playing somewhere in the country every day since its release. Aug 22, 2002 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
The most popular film in Indian history -- it's said to have been playing somewhere in the country every day since its release.
Throughout Mother India, [Mehboob] presents the landscape, the crops, the herds of livestock practically as characters in themselves. Aug 16, 2002 | Full Review…
Throughout Mother India, [Mehboob] presents the landscape, the crops, the herds of livestock practically as characters in themselves.
George Wu
A gem made in the 'Golden Age' of Indian cinema. Aug 15, 2002 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A gem made in the 'Golden Age' of Indian cinema.
Sandi Chaitram
The only thing this ponderous Bollywood epic could inspire is matricide. Aug 14, 2002 | Rating: 1/5
The only thing this ponderous Bollywood epic could inspire is matricide.
Phil Hall
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