Mohalla Assi

This is a fantastic adaptation of Dr. Kashinath Singh's satire "Kashi Ka Assi". Well directed. The performance by each and every actor is very relatable to anyone who is familiar with the tradition Brahmin sections of India. One quote got stuck in my mind - "in past we used to have Bazaar's in our communities, now the each community is struggling to to breathe in the global Bazaar(Marketplace)". This one quote reflects the struggle each Indian is facing in preserving our traditions and fulfilling our aspirations. India is no more a country where its tradition and rituals get patronage of the rich, unless it becomes commercial. This has become a land where a learned priest who follows all the tenets of his religion is poor while a half baked guru peddling nonsense is rich with money and millions of followers.

Sunny Deol, the action hero as we know him, has delivered a perfectly controlled and superb performance. The supporting cast of Sakshi Tanwar, Ravi Kishan and the rest are equally good.

This is a must see, and is sad to see not one review for this movie on IMDb, while the mindless action films like Dabbang get hundreds. This is exactly what this movie is about - the modern Indian does not care about his society, its traditions and culture.

Wish to see more movies like this one.

This type of movie do 200 or 300 crores of business. These movies make contribute to movie industry as meaningful cinema. But people these days like 'Varun shawn, Salman khan, shahrukh khan'. Movie are reflections of current society. But very sad, some very good movie like this one, don't do good on box office and after that 'Producer-directors ' not willing to make this type of movies anymore. We all should appreciate this type of movies and bring them into the hit list, if we want to watch more movies like this. I believe my comments said all about this movie. Super good meaningful cinema.

We talk about culture and our heritages, we talk about our great past but when it comes to movies like these which show us the mirror, what we have become and where we are leading, we start looking on the other side. This film shows how India has changed in just a decade or two. And it all happened so fast that we just could not find a balance.

Mohalla Assi might not be a technically great film, it might not have best of the actors or direction but it conveys what it intends to. It raises few very pertinent questions about social structure, culture, greed, religious sentiments and most importantly about human behavior.

Watch it. Offer it your time. Taste this part of India. You will not be disappointed

Excellent movie , must watch for the people, shows the real phase of Kassi and Varanasi

------- Mohalla Assi : review

Kashi Ka Assi, a no-holds-barred, insightful take on a Varanasi locality seen through the prism of India's political and economic churn in the 1990s.

the movie will make you laugh out loud at times and then make you feel very emotional and attached.

The movie will take you down the road of how our culture was, and what changed it in a way.

Movie that portrays the real face of Benaras and life of Ghat.

Overall Movie is very good but will not do well at the box office due to poor promotions.,, even maker did not promote the film..

Performance wise Sunny Deol is good & Shashi Tanwar and ravi Kishan did well too.