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‘Sarzameen’ Movie Review: Prithviraj Sukumaran and Kajol Can’t Salvage This Emotional Misfire
JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA, JUL 25 – Sarzameen portrays an army officer's struggle with his son's suspected militancy, blending patriotism and family conflict with strong performances by Prithviraj Sukumaran and Kajol.
- The film Sarzameen, directed by Kayoze Irani and starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Kajol, and Ibrahim Ali Khan, released recently and is streaming on Hotstar as of July 25, 2025.
- Sarzameen draws its premise from Ramesh Sippy's 1982 film Shakti, focusing on a kidnapped boy and a conflicted family against a Kashmir militancy backdrop.
- The film portrays a dysfunctional family where Vijay, an army officer, rejects his shy, stuttering son Harman who returns years later under suspicious circumstances.
- Critics rate Sarzameen 1.5 stars, noting weak writing, melodrama that often feels unintentional comedy, underdeveloped characters, and a baffling, unfulfilled climax twist.
- The film's attempt to combine personal conflicts with Kashmir's political complexity fails to generate emotional engagement, resulting in a safe OTT product rather than a meaningful drama.
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Sarzameen review: Ibrahim Ali Khan spared solo lifting in dull and forgettable Karan Johar production
Sarzameen movie review: Prithviraj is capable of ratcheting emotion, as is Kajol. And Ibrahim, playing a boy cruelly bullied for an impairment who grows into a young man on the opposite side of the loyalty divide.
‘Sarzameen’ movie review: Prithviraj Sukumaran and Kajol can’t salvage this emotional misfire
‘Sarzameen’ movie review: Kayoze Irani has put the ingredients for a poignant roller coaster on the burner, but ‘Sarzameen’, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Kajol and Ibrahim Ali Khan, turns out to be utterly undercooked
Sarzameen is garbled, confused and finally pointless
Kajol and Prithviraj Sukumaran in Sarzameen. Photo: Trailer Video Grab In a week when reportedly two major releases, Param Sundari and Son of Sardaar 2 were postponed due to the hyped-up super-success of Saiyaara, this OTT release made it unabashed but must be leaving the producers and makers more than a shade abashed! The story is garbled, confused, finally pointless. Not just that. It is abysmally addlepated, grossly absurd and uncompromisingl…
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