A mother transforms into the goddess Kali to battle a demon's curse involving fear, blood, and betrayal.A mother transforms into the goddess Kali to battle a demon's curse involving fear, blood, and betrayal.A mother transforms into the goddess Kali to battle a demon's curse involving fear, blood, and betrayal.
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Honestly Kajol should retire, she is destroying her legacy. Surely she would've read the script and must've thought what is this no scares all about promoting a cult and not concentrating on the film itself. The movie is all about a religious promotion and the story has so many holes in it. The ghost is a tree yes a tree the director must be drunk when he came up with this concept. The movie is an absolute disgrace and seriously one of the worst films I have ever seen if it had minus then I would give it a minus 10. People actually walked out i Should've done so the film is all to do with promoting kajols beliefs which am sorry lost the film.
I recently watched Maa, expecting a touching story about motherhood, emotions, and sacrifice. What I got instead was a confused, melodramatic mess that felt more like a punishment than a film.
From the very first scene, the film struggles to find direction. It tries to be emotional, but ends up being over-the-top, unrealistic, and painfully stretched. What should have been a heartfelt tribute to mothers turns into a shallow and forced tear-jerker.
Storyline - Overdone and Underwritten
The plot is simple but handled poorly. A mother goes through challenges for her child - something we've seen in countless movies.
Instead of offering a fresh take or deeper meaning, the movie uses every emotional cliché in the book.
Characters cry, shout, sacrifice, and suffer - but none of it feels genuine.
There's no depth or connection. The story keeps jumping from one dramatic scene to another with zero build-up.
Acting - Too Much or Too Little
The lead actress clearly tries hard, but most of her performance ends up looking exaggerated.
Supporting actors either overact or feel like they're sleepwalking through their scenes.
Emotional moments don't land because the reactions are either too loud or too fake.
A good emotional film depends on subtlety, but here everything is so loud and dramatic, you feel drained rather than moved.
Direction - Lost and Lazy
The director doesn't seem to trust the audience. Every emotion is spoon-fed.
The camera lingers too long on crying faces, dramatic music plays every 2 minutes, and every situation is pushed to the extreme.
Instead of telling the story naturally, the movie feels like a forced collection of "emotional scenes" stitched together without purpose.
Music - Manipulative, Not Meaningful
Background music is loud, repetitive, and used like a hammer to force emotion out of you.
Instead of enhancing scenes, the music distracts and irritates. Every sad scene is followed by the same type of violin or slow tune.
Editing and Pacing - A Drag
The film feels much longer than it is. There are too many unnecessary scenes and dialogues.
Some scenes could've been 10 seconds but are stretched to 2 minutes just to "look emotional."
By the second half, I was checking the time and hoping it would end soon.
Overall Experience - Emotionally Exhausting for the Wrong Reasons
Maa had potential. A movie about mothers always has room for deep storytelling, soft moments, and inspiring character growth.
But this film chose the loudest, messiest, and most unrealistic path possible.
It's not moving. It's not heartwarming. It's just tiring.
From the very first scene, the film struggles to find direction. It tries to be emotional, but ends up being over-the-top, unrealistic, and painfully stretched. What should have been a heartfelt tribute to mothers turns into a shallow and forced tear-jerker.
Storyline - Overdone and Underwritten
The plot is simple but handled poorly. A mother goes through challenges for her child - something we've seen in countless movies.
Instead of offering a fresh take or deeper meaning, the movie uses every emotional cliché in the book.
Characters cry, shout, sacrifice, and suffer - but none of it feels genuine.
There's no depth or connection. The story keeps jumping from one dramatic scene to another with zero build-up.
Acting - Too Much or Too Little
The lead actress clearly tries hard, but most of her performance ends up looking exaggerated.
Supporting actors either overact or feel like they're sleepwalking through their scenes.
Emotional moments don't land because the reactions are either too loud or too fake.
A good emotional film depends on subtlety, but here everything is so loud and dramatic, you feel drained rather than moved.
Direction - Lost and Lazy
The director doesn't seem to trust the audience. Every emotion is spoon-fed.
The camera lingers too long on crying faces, dramatic music plays every 2 minutes, and every situation is pushed to the extreme.
Instead of telling the story naturally, the movie feels like a forced collection of "emotional scenes" stitched together without purpose.
Music - Manipulative, Not Meaningful
Background music is loud, repetitive, and used like a hammer to force emotion out of you.
Instead of enhancing scenes, the music distracts and irritates. Every sad scene is followed by the same type of violin or slow tune.
Editing and Pacing - A Drag
The film feels much longer than it is. There are too many unnecessary scenes and dialogues.
Some scenes could've been 10 seconds but are stretched to 2 minutes just to "look emotional."
By the second half, I was checking the time and hoping it would end soon.
Overall Experience - Emotionally Exhausting for the Wrong Reasons
Maa had potential. A movie about mothers always has room for deep storytelling, soft moments, and inspiring character growth.
But this film chose the loudest, messiest, and most unrealistic path possible.
It's not moving. It's not heartwarming. It's just tiring.
This movie is dull and slow. The story is very basic and doesn't have anything new or exciting. It feels like it was just put together without much thought. The main cast seems to have been picked based on popularity, not actual acting talent.
Kajol, in particular, looks outdated and shows very little range in her acting. In the past, her weak performances were easy to overlook because stronger male actors carried the films. But in this movie, her limitations are very clear.
Surprisingly, the extras and background actors do a much better job. They feel more real and help move the story along more than the leads do. There are also some truly talented actors in the film, but their roles are so small that their skills go to waste.
The pace of the movie is another big issue-it drags on and on. It takes forever for anything meaningful to happen. Overall, this movie is a missed opportunity and a disappointment.
Kajol, in particular, looks outdated and shows very little range in her acting. In the past, her weak performances were easy to overlook because stronger male actors carried the films. But in this movie, her limitations are very clear.
Surprisingly, the extras and background actors do a much better job. They feel more real and help move the story along more than the leads do. There are also some truly talented actors in the film, but their roles are so small that their skills go to waste.
The pace of the movie is another big issue-it drags on and on. It takes forever for anything meaningful to happen. Overall, this movie is a missed opportunity and a disappointment.
Pretty good movie with decent storyline but I don't know why Kajol's acting was way off , and obviously the plot is repeated the same logic to save the family u go out to somewhere else than one of your frnds call you back then something happens so your whole family have to come now at the end u face the enemy to be the ultimate galactic saviour ( obviously you will need god's power) you defeat the enemy and you be the hero I would rather recommend to watch SHAITAAN it's better than this m still giving this 5 starts coz other characters balanced the missing points but you can still feel the stretch again i dont have any hatred and this review isn't targetted to anyone this is my personal opinion.
I watched this movie yesterday and i cant imagine how bad a movie can be. In 2025 people are making such pathetic movies with a typical story and vfx like 1979 Jaani Dushman.
This movie has a very typical storyline and funny vfx like we used to have back in 80-90's (i guess even some 90s movie are better then this vfx) My mind was blown by seeing the utterly dreadful car seen in which Kajol was driving with her daughter.
Spare me the horror. I pity on people who give the rating 8.4 to this movie.
DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT WATCHING THIS MOVIE. Its a joke in the name of horror unfortunately !!
Thank me later.
This movie has a very typical storyline and funny vfx like we used to have back in 80-90's (i guess even some 90s movie are better then this vfx) My mind was blown by seeing the utterly dreadful car seen in which Kajol was driving with her daughter.
Spare me the horror. I pity on people who give the rating 8.4 to this movie.
DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT WATCHING THIS MOVIE. Its a joke in the name of horror unfortunately !!
Thank me later.
Did you know
- TriviaKajol and Ronit Roy worked 30 years after Hulchul together.
- ConnectionsSpin-off from Shaitaan (2024)
Details
Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $282,403
- Runtime
- 2h 13m(133 min)
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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