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5 reviews read · 2 with the critic’s own rating
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A poor rickshaw puller's fight to enrol his gifted son in a private school amid class bias and money troubles, including petty theft.…
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CBFC: U
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Scores normalised to 0–100. A 3/5 shows as 60. Each row links to where it came from when we have the link.
Deeksha Sharma · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 6 Aug 2020
4/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 82
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Anmol Jamwal · YouTube · transcript read · 6 Aug 2020
Anmol Jamwal finds Pareeksha a humble, convincing film carried by Adil Hussain and Priyanka Bose's performances and Prakash Jha's writing on… Watch it there →
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76
Sweta Kaushal · 6 Aug 2020
Hindustan Times calls Pareeksha a compelling if slow watch, crediting uniformly strong performances and its realistic class-divide portrait, while… Read it there →
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62
Kennith Rosario · 7 Aug 2020
The Hindu praises Pareeksha's intent and first-half performances but finds the back half melodramatic, repetitive, and staged, faulting the film… Read it there →
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45
Pallabi Dey Purkayastha · 6 Aug 2020
Pareeksha - The Final Test Movie Review: A predictable take on the plight of have-nots in our society Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 30
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Saibal Chatterjee · 6 Aug 2020
<i>Pareeksha</i> Movie Review: Prakash Jha's Film Passes The Test With Flying Colours Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
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Synopsis
The film revolves around the story of an ordinary rickshaw driver in Bihar who aspires and dreams of providing maximum possible quality education to his son by making arrangements for him to study at a private English medium school.
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