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Rating:4/5 Review By:Suhani Singh Site:India Today
While it is commendable and also daring on Sadanah and Rizvi's part to set and shoot a film in the Sundarbans, one wishes they'd invested as much time in developing an engaging story as they did on the visual effects. Their arduous and exciting experience of shooting the film in Bangladesh side of Sundarbans, as mentioned on the film's site, is worth a read. Sadanah's editing skills are all over the place, making the film a more difficult watch.
A friend summed it up best. "The audience will need tiger balm after seeing Roar."
Rating:0/5 Review By:Mohar Basu Site:Koimoi
Roar is such a bad film that despite going in with no expectations, it shocks you at being utterly stupid. It’s a shamelessly lazy film and comes with no merits of its own. And in the end, it’s the kind of film that will make you laugh and serve as fodder for the guys behind ‘pretentious movie reviews’. Like Gunda is for posterity in the ranks of cult bad, Roar has the same fabric but misses the genius of being originally awful. This film stinks of un-intelligence and sheer lameness and is pretty much a time waste for any cinegoer unless you desire to get stoned and trip on a horrid film.
Rating:2/5 Review By:Renuka Vyavahare Site:Times of India
Abhinav Shukla is decent but has no scope and the rest are forgettable. Nora Fatehi's skimpy clothes are simply inappropriate given the setting and Himarsha V's weird dialogue delivery adds to your burden. The constant commentary about the history and culture of the jungles gets boring too.
You can still watch the film if you are obsessed with the Sundarbans or the tigers (in that order).
Rating:2.5/5 Review By:Rohit Vats Site:Hindustan Times
Roar can’t boast of big names and perfect acting skills but it can always show you something that you didn’t even know existed in India. Yes, CGI is largely responsible for it but even then somebody had to use it judiciously. Sadanah, also the editor of Roar, has somehow managed to keep the tempo satisfactory till the end. In my opinion, Roar deserves your attention because it’s a smartly executed film.
Rating:/5 Review By:Sneha May Francis Site:Emirates 24/7
It’s the call of the jungle for a team of commandos, who armed with their muscles, cargo pants and boots (and bag full of guns), head to the Sunderbans to kill a white tiger for “murdering” their leader’s brother.
It’s a twisted revenge saga that unfolds in the murky landscape of the Sunderbans, much to the dismay of the local cops, who are stationed to protect the creatures. Yet, the armed gang sail through, in search of their target, unperturbed. The cops appear early on in an attempt to sabotage the kill, but soon disappear from the narrative without a trace.
Despite the intent to highlight a topical issue, the unintelligent plot reduces it into a movie of irrelevance.
Rating:2.5/5 Review By:Subhash k Jha Site:IANS
Here in "Roar", there are several tigers, plus repeated invocation of snakes and other wild crawly creepy creatures that jump out of nowhere to create more shock than the 'shauq' value that the film purports to validate.
What we get to know finally from this film about the relationship between Man and Nature is, it is one helluva screwed-up alliance.
This could have a brutal avatar of "Born Free". If only it didn't conceal the exuberant computer-graphics in streams of tribal folklore dressed up in swanky clothes. Images from the National Geographic meet "Fear Factor" in this brilliantly photographed adventure saga.
You may not think much of the characters's shallow shindings during the time of exceptional stress. But one thing is for sure. You've never seen anything like this in Hindi cinema. And I don't necessarily mean that in a positive way.
The film claims to have not hurt any animals. But what about the poor audience? There ought to be a parallel SPCA -- Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Audience.
Rating:/5 Review By:Nandan Kini Site:Firstpost
Roar is a terrible film, made with the best of technology and access available at Bollywood’s disposal. Director Kamal Sadanah obviously frittered away all sense and logic at the edit table. We can only hope the’ tigers don’t stalk their prey into any theatres. With so few of them left, a glimpse of Roar might just make them suicidal.