Maharaj

I watched the movie 'Maharaj', it talks about a very old ritual called "Charan Seva" which is actually very unhuman and we are surprised to know that ritual still exists in different ways.

When some rituals who made by human become religion then majority of devotees accept and follow. Its very difficult to raise our voice against that types of unhuman activities.

How simple man named 'Karsan Dass' raised his voice against?

How to expose and deal with very old unhumnan ritual when all accepted already?

How to hold self believe when every one against with him?

This type of movie we require because some bad rituals still exists in every religion. So don't think that is only one religion problem.

All the department of movie like story, screenplay, Direction, acting are decent and yes because this is first movie of Amir Khan's son Junaid Khan so people's special eyes on this movie too.

The year is 1862 and the location is India. Based on a true story it is about the ideological clash between a self styled religious guru called Jadunath Maharaj and a reformist cum journalist Karsandas Mulji Karsandas had exposed the inappropriate relationships of Maharaj with women disciples in his newspaper and in retaliation the Maharaj had filed a case of defamation against him. The later portion of the movie focuses on the courtcase where the British judiciary dismisses the case and based on the evidence of the abused women, the court gives instructions to initiate criminal proceedings against the Maharaj.

Director Malhotra P Siddharth has made an absorbing movie which faithfully depicts the people and atmosphere of that era. Both the protagonist Junaid and antagonist Jaideep Ahlawat have been suitably cast in their well written roles. Both have given a good account of themselves. Jaideep is convincing with his towering personality, dialogue delivery and body language while Junaid as the soft spoken and determined journalist (in his debut) is convincing too. Their clash is shown very realistically through the scenes and the dialogue. Sharvari Wagh does well in support. The court scenes in the later part make for gripping cinema.

Any who crosses the dignity n sanctity of Vedic injunctions for ulterior selfish motives misusing n misguiding needs to be taught a lesson. That's the theme of the movie. Story revolves around a true historical court case of 1862 in Bombay portraying the fight between a self claimed saint n a social reformer. A socially highly relevant film with an amazing sets, cast n execution. Storytelling has been powerful. Definitely worth a watch. Available on Netflix. My ratings 7/10!

Any who crosses the dignity n sanctity of Vedic injunctions for ulterior selfish motives misusing n misguiding needs to be taught a lesson. That's the theme of the movie. Story revolves around a true historical court case of 1862 in Bombay portraying the fight between a self claimed saint n a social reformer. A socially highly relevant film with an amazing sets, cast n execution. Storytelling has been powerful. Definitely worth a watch. Available on Netflix. My ratings 7/10!

I didnt like the Bollywood style, expected something more refined here since its a historical case. I really liked Junaid's acting at the court scene, somewhere in the middle of the movie he got totally absorbed by the character, and giving it a great finish.

I didn't like the Sharavari's character, was too 80s Bollywood flirty female. Loved the performance of the first actress.

Somehow Jaideep Ahlawat failed to impress me, this is the first time I must say.

Im glad though that this movie was made and really its required for people to understand how carried away they get by religion, customs and traditions.

The film was suddenly shown without any marketing for it, just some news about the participation of Junaid Khan, son of the star Aamir Khan, in the film, in addition to the battle between the film makers and the courts.

The film, from my point of view, is a Bollywood film with all the elements of enjoyable home viewing, but I was I hope that the film tends to narrate history and events in more depth, without songs, performances, and melodramatic dialogues.

The scenery and sets, the costumes and music, the cinematography and the direction, are all good factors in this film.

The acting is very good and a successful start for Junaid Khan, and I hope to see his upcoming works. The film is worth watching, but I expected it to be stronger than what I saw.