A very touching movie based on true life events having take place during partition of 1947. This partition which was very painful is blot on the history of world. Wounds have still not been healed even after 70 years of human tragedy due to Holocaust. Many affected families are still awaiting for their dear once separated at that time. A Good Movie
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sjssandhu16 November 2017
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As they say in the movie that only those who went through hell of 1947 realize what it was. A wonderful display of Sikh values that value all human beings and religions. Based on true story so you can't have flashy Star Wars experience. Long one shot takes shows that the director is very good. Songs arent great but who needs them when story is moving smoothly. Overall it was entertaining watching this movie.
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jzee6222 September 2018The movie is based ona story like many others from those turbulent times in 1947 when Punjab was divided hastily by the British. The scenes at times were painfully long. The attempt to depict 60's time, some of the colours were excessive in use. And once the characters were in Pakistan, it was a pain to watch director's poor understanding of the people across the border. Starting from language (that was not from the area that the story mentioned) to clothing (it was more of a stereotype of UP/Pushtun culture than of Punjab).
Acting was pretty ok. But I strongly felt that this story deserved a much better treatment than this. -
m_rehanabbas10 January 2018Overall, it is great movie with very beautiful concept. The director really needs appreciation for almost non-polar views on partition. Otherwise, the Bollywood movies and the movies from Pakistan show half truth only. Offcourse, there was room for improvement. The very important thing is, whenever they try to show the people from pakistan, they make it compulsory that every pakistani Punjabi must be wearing a religious cap. Those religious caps may be seen in religious schools, otherwise if you stand on any street, average pakistani punjabi is just like average indian Punjabi. The old generation wears turbans, the younger are bare headed. the other thing is about punjabi dialect. If you go to faisalabad, toba tek singh, gojra or shahkot, the accent will be exactly like the accent of Jalandhar. Of course, you ill find the majha accent in lahore, and its suburbs. But in the movie, the punjabi accent is very much artfficially created, that seems non-sense. let it be natural, the punjabis are the same on both side of the border. The only difference may be the style of turban.
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ranjeetsosan24 January 2020Great movie no word for movie it show history of punjab
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suki-bains-London10 May 2019Very touching real life events shown in a humbling way. Everyone helping each other and showing how beautiful humanity can be. It's a tragic tale and acted well. You feel the emotions throughout the movie and go on the journey. So many people have faced tragedy and grief and hopefully, these kind of movies help keep the peace. Well done all involved. It's not perfect but who cares, it's someone life story being told to us and you can't help but shed a few tears.
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karmjit28 December 2017Tarsem jassar has made a sensible movie but more work is needed. Although his one liners are very good, but he still needs to work on his emotional acting. He looks promising and will succeed if punjabis support good sensible and meaningful cinema.
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BazSingh24 November 2018Sardar Mohammad is not your usual slapstick, loudmouth Punjabi movie.
Based on a true story, this is a touching retelling of the events; beautifully retold for the most part. A great aspect of the story is the way in which the Sikh values of equality and respect are depicted within the first half; the message being that religion and caste should not cause divide.
Tarsem Jassar puts in a fantastic, emotionally charged performance, as does Sardar Sohi and pretty much everyone that plays a part. Some of the stereotypes in the latter half may be over played when they cross in to Pakistan but overall the cinematography and storytelling is well executed.
It's a tear-jerker so have tissues ready and press play! -
glofau7 November 2017Sardaar Mahommad is an overlong, somewhat slapdash biopic set in late-1960's India, based upon a true story. A young man discovers that his high-caste parents are adoptive, that most of his biological family was massacred during the Partition of India in 1947, and that his biological mother may still be alive and living in Pakistan. The young man then experiences a crisis of identity, leading to a search for his biological mother.
The core of this film is a story worth telling. Unfortunately, the film makers clearly have little understanding of how to tell such a story. The script presents a series of random events which barely connect and feel tedious, that tell very little about the characters, and that rely upon rather cheap theatrics and excessive emotional outpourings to make you care about characters who are otherwise superficial and one-dimensional. The first half of the film plays as a rollicking, rather unfunny comedy; the second half descends into tear-soaked, sentimental effusions which permeate every encounter, regardless of whether the tears make sense or not.
The period clothing and details wrap you in a polyester swirl of colors and patterns which become quite garish under the highly colorful lighting schemes which feature, for no discernible reason, a large number of aqua color filters.
The musical numbers are slow to emerge in this picture, strangely enough, but once they do begin, the dancing and overall stagecraft are questionable; the main actor is clearly not a skilled dancer. I enjoyed the songs in a campy sort of way, but my friend Dee thought they were boring. In my opinion, however, the songs were the best part of the movie.
I think the hardest thing to take was the lethargic pace of the film combined with the overlong, overacted scenes of endless sobbing which dominated the film's narrative. I mean, the crying was so excessive that it made American soap operas seem restrained and naturalistic by comparison. And why were they crying so much? Apparently, they had some sort of foreknowledge (divined from God?) of the end of the script, there could be no other explanation. The sobbing and overacting were so extreme that I actually found it all quite hilarious... when I wasn't falling asleep from boredom.
Most of the Bollywood films that play in the United States are exceptional examples of their genre; Americans don't tend to be subjected to the run-of-the-mill features which must dominate the industry. This piece of period claptrap was clearly an exception. It was memorably bad. I won't spoil the ending for you, but it could have been a parody, it was so ridiculously tasteless, nonsensical and drawn out. I can't recommend this piece of expensive trash because it was mostly deathly dull, but, if you do decide to subject yourself to it, be prepared... and make sure you eat before you go; they talk about food so much in the movie, it makes you hungry.