Faraar (2015) User Reviews

Movie could have been much better, though nice try from Punjabi Cinema

[singhvarun-38324 · 6/10 · 17 March 2016]

I have been waiting to watch this movie since quiet long. I finally got to see this recently. It requires great efforts and big heart to make a movie like this. Entire team has tried their best to give it a height that has never been touched by punjabi cinema. They however have fallen short on story and bit on direction. This movie could have been the best movie in recent time however weak story lead to demolish the great efforts put in by director and his team.

I would recommend it as one time watch to see the level that punjabi cinema has achieved.

Good luck to Gippy and Team.

Faraar is utter trash, avoid at all costs

[jmoneyjohal · 3/10 · 3 September 2015]

Sometimes a movie can be so traumatic that one thinks twice before watching a film with a similar actor, director etc in the future.I guess I might have learned my lesson, before analyzing Faraar I'll just state that the movie was utter trash, and horrible. See with Baljit Singh Deo in all his films whether it was the recently released HNYR or Mirzia he just cares about making his films look stylish, he wants them to look like a bi product of Hollywood standards,and he succeeds to some level with this film too, but like his previous films Faraar also has no substance. Faraar is his worst film, the story is completely illogical, the film is slow, and its so boring that HNYR looked like a classic infront of Faraar.

I applauded Balajit Singh Deo for his last film HNYR because the Punjabi industry where churning out comedy after comedy, and he tried something different, even though that film was far from being good. But this film will be a set back for a emerging Punjabi industry, because Faraar will be a huge flop and entail huge loses for the industry.

Story wise the film is about a boy named Ekam who is heading to LA from Punjab on a student visa, on the plane he falls in love with a girl. After landing at LAX Ekam is arrested and then he finds out that his face resembles a gangster named Shinda. Shinda who has killed 2 cops and 3 other people, was presumed dead in a house bombing. The police believe he is Shinda.Then the girl on the plane Jasmine after just meeting him once, is fully convinced of his innocence and brings a lawyer from LA who is Indian, and goes out of his way to help Indians. The rest of story is about who Ekam proving if he is Shinda or not, and we go into Shinda's past a find out about his cousin brother Sunny, girlfriend Nicky and the films villain Captain etc.

Acting wise after a long time Gippy Grewal acts decent and works on his body but its of no use in this film. Other than him the Villain Jaggi Singh is good.

A film like Faraar was so flawed on the script level the film should have never been made, the story has so many loopholes, its so illogical that Al Queda could use this movie as torture.The only decent thing about the film is that its nicely shot, it has Hollywood level production values, and the action was good. But those things only look good if the film has some substance.

Overall avoid this film at all costs, its horrible, Its the worst film I have probably seen this year. Baljit Singh Deo please retire.Yes I am tired of Punjabi comedies but please don't give me a crap wannabe Hollywood film Pollywood. I am still going to be nice and give the film 1.5/5* or 3/10

i don't know why people hate this movie

[bunnysethi4 · 10/10 · 14 September 2015]

it is one of the best movies i have ever seen.full of suspense and background music just makes us to stick to our chairs....a Hollywood touch..it is much better than many other movies..a must watch.......rush to your nearest cinemas now

it is a good challenge to Hollywood movies...great work by gippy grewal....first time he has done something different from his previous comedy movies......great story and direction

i would suggest you to watch this movie....don't wait gippy just steals the show...his character of Shinda was amazing good work by Kaptaan he was superb overall it gives a touch of Abbas Mustan movies ...full of twists and turns

Positive and negative aspects of the movie

[zeeshan-80151 · 9/10 · 26 February 2019]

Ekam a young man comes to USA to fore fill his dreams, upon arriving at the airport Ekam is taken into custardy as he is mistaken for a notorious gangster Shinda, who's on the dark side of the law, after he commits unexpected crimes.

Ekam having no one that he could call with the exception of Jasmine who he friended on the plane. A high profile lawyer decides to help them. As the investigation goes under way the lawyer is confident that Ekam is innocent however unexpected events turns their lives upside down. Desperate measures are taken to prove Ekam is innocent. This fictitious tale with a mixture of realism makes an effort to come across as an edge-of-the-seat thriller but fails at keeping us glued to it. Gippy Grewal in role shinda is strictly ok. In role of Ekam he fails to leave an impression to the audience. Kainaat arora while looking chubby has left his acting ability behind. Jaagi Singh steals the show what a fine presentation of negative character by him. I like the spirit of the Ekam who take the revange of his friend from kaptan, an underground gangster as he used to bet on death fight. The story of this movie en lights the dark aspects of the well civilized society of america.