Hichki (2018) User Reviews

Ideal teacher....Not only teaches lessons from book.....But for life!!

[rangrejsomnath · 8/10 · 14 April 2018]

This movie teaches us,

• How should be a teacher?
• How important is knowing your students?
• How teacher can influence a students life forever

Definitely a must watch movie for all, Hats off to Rani Mukerji & direction team!!

Rani's best comeback after Mardaani

[mrohan-56380 · 9/10 · 25 March 2018]

Finally after a long time we are getting to see a good content based movie which is actually about the upliftment of the deprived children of the society. I actually loved the children and how they are portrayed in the movie. It also has a message that education can be made interactive and fun at the same time. I just loved Rani's acting and kudos to the makers who have thought of this interesting subject.

HICHKI is a LOW budget film, which will leave a HIGH impact on the audiences thru the word of mouth.

[Natasha0705 · 8/10 · 25 March 2018]

Duration : 116 Minutes Genre : Drama

Rani Mukerji : She plays Naina Mathur, the teacher suffering from Tourette Syndrome. Rani Mukerji gives an award winning comeback with this one, one of her most challenging roles after Black. The scenes between her and the 14 rebelling students were applause worthy, heart warming and eye - tearing.

Story : Hichki's plot is not only about a teacher with a speech defect (Tourette Syndrome) who decides to teach these 14 unprivileged students, but it also teaches us about education equality in the system. Hichki (hiccups) here wasn't only referred as a physical disorder but also signified the hurdles that EVERYONE has in their life, and how one decides to overcome it.

Music : The tracks of Hichki are below average. No Favorites.

Overall HICHKI is a LOW budget film, which will leave a HIGH impact on the audiences thru the word of mouth.

Awesome movie.

[dolphin2687 · 10/10 · 24 March 2018]

Hichki - 10/10 . Must Watch.

I went to the movie theater after going through multiple mixed reviews from the so-called movie critics. For those who have seen the trailer, this will be nothing new Plot: The main protagonist Naina Mathur has Tourette's syndrome who desperately wants to be a teacher. Even after multiple rejections, her decision to take up teaching as a profession remains firm. Finally, she gets offered, a job @ St.Nautkers but her class of 14 is full of rebels. We get glimpses of her childhood, as to how irritating it must have been to have been misunderstood and made fun of. She even shares an estranged relationship with her father. So basically, how she deals with all these hichkis is the story all about.

Its a very simple plot of underdog meets underdogs and how they excel, but to make such a predictable plot interesting and watchable is where lies the craft of cinema. The direction, screenplay, cinematography, casting all in all was top notch. From the word go the movie started connecting. Everything was expressed in a subtle way. Nothing was over the top. There were many tear-jerking moments in the movie. There was never a dull moment. Every single character was bang on.

Coming to performance, the 14 slum students(especially Aatish) were so good at their respective roles. Niraj Kabi as the other teacher was top notch, his transition in body language and dialogue delivery towards the end spoke leaps and bounds about how seasoned an actor he was. Sachin and Supriya as Naina's parents were apt. For obvious reasons, the belongs to Rani Mukerji. Rani as Naina Mathur is brilliant. She has given an outstanding performance which will guide many upcoming actors.No words to express my thoughts about how good an actor she is.

As a die-hard Rani fan, I was nervous. I was just happy seeing her after 4 long years on the silver screen. Had no big expectation from the movie. But oh boy was I taken aback. The movie was something else. It was class apart.It was just awesome. It had the right pinch of ingredients.The main thing about the movie is that there is nothing forced, The music is not loud to drive you emotionally. You are at your own free will. It doesn't try to influence you. The teacher-student relationship has been portrayed so well. A student will be fortunate to have a Naina Mathur teach them. Everything was intact. You will start reminiscing. It for sure will be a nostalgic experience for many. For the 1st time in my life, I clapped once the movie got over. That was the impact it had on me.

One piece of advice to all the people out here, please comment after watching a movie. Don't mislead people with your prejudice. This movie deserves to be a hit. Only then more of such will be made. All we get to see is stupid masala flicks crossing 100 crores with ease. But movies like Hichki in spite of having a very strong content end up doing an average business, one main reason, without doubt, it has a female protagonist. Come on guys times are changing. Appreciate movie's content. Every teacher/student/parent should watch the movie. Hoping for the movie to do good business. All the best to the team of Hichki.

No one can direct your future !!

[kika-kh · 10/10 · 19 May 2018]

What an amazing inspirational movie !! Rani did a really great job This movie can show u how to accept differences in ur life ! And nothing can direct and judge your future ! Even a syndrome , a something that u will never get rid of it !! LOVE the last scene I literally enjoyed every moment while watching this movie ! MORE MOVIES LIKE THIS BOLLYWOOD PLEASE

A beautiful film masquerading as an ordinary one

[toolatenow112 · 6/10 · 30 March 2018]

On the first viewing, I was too distracted by the simplicity of the plot, the characters' need to pontificate all too often and the old-world Bollywood technique of emotional manipulation to tug at your heartstrings. I found it to be an average film. But after a second viewing (which I was drawn to for no conceivable reason), I was moved by the story and the connection between the characters came across in a much more effective way. The teacher does not seek to impress/command to the students but be like a guide and inspire them while being "at their level". Don't be fooled, the film's power is in its simplicity.

Magnificent Movie

[iranidesigns · 10/10 · 26 March 2018]

Absolutely Beautiful Attempt. Rani Mukerji plays to Role of a Teacher like a pro. The Actors that portray the Students have Acted to their best. The story captures the strength of hard work and patience. A Beautiful Film.

Good to watch if u can ignore the faults or don't see them.

[MuviFan73 · 7/10 · 24 March 2018]

When it comes to portray reality, the movies which are best are the ones where extensive research is carried out. This is where Hichki has got its up and downs. An example of which can be seen in the execution of project by an elite team. Rather than naming it as solar project, it should have been named generation of energy from renewable source as wind mills were also seen. If the project produced energy for real, there was no need for wind mill to come into existence, because their size would have hindered generation of energy.

I liked how some students had natural gifts which was been channeled for better when it came to performance at their academics. It is however difficult for me to grasp some of the gifts that were used against teacher.

While watching the movie, it occurred to me for an elite institute, overall development of a student occurs rather than just studies. There are farewell functions, gathering and so on. The rapping of lines and the student through which it came showed no development in the mentioned area. In my mind I was expecting him to perform on stage.

I was gonna rate it high, but after rethinking I have changed my mind.

Tone, Script & Story: Has its up and downs. Direction, Screenplay, Cinematography: Average. Music: Average. Acting: Though everybody is praising Rani, I found acting to be average from her side while some (students) were good.

Final Verdict: Good to watch if u can ignore the faults or don't see them.

Rani mukherji nailed it!

[sairaimemon · 10/10 · 11 April 2018]

Acting as a tourette syndrom patient is a difficult tast that rani mukherji performed really very well. All the emotions with signs and symptoms of this disease must have been extortionately tough. Really impressed. Story line is simple but great. rani mukherji proves that she is the only great actress of her own kind.

Definitely an A+ for Rani Mukerji's performance but the lacks characterization

[oazam · 7/10 · 23 March 2018]

It's wonderful that a new year has passed by and Rani Mukerji finally made a comeback for this film. Hopefully 2018 should go through the same streak especially for a film like this.

So Naina Mathur, a woman and teacher to be with Tourette Syndrome gets rejected from multiple schools within a couple of years until one elite school takes her in. Suddenly, Naina's good luck goes into turmoil when she discovers that her students are making her life miserable by pulling pranks on her and breaking the rules of the school not to mention how judgemental the students are towards Naina's hiccup. How Naina bonds with the students putting them on the right track is basicaly what this film is about.

Siddharth P. Malhotra has done a marvelous job with directing and also writing. He keeps the writing straight on point. The dialogues were consistently said in a toneful way engaging the audience. But some scenes will help the audience determine the climax of the film escalating the predictability of the film.

Characterization is surely an issue because the students portrayed in the film will give the audience the feeling that they have seen such films from before that facilitate things like peer pressure such as seeing kids smoking, drinking, showing bad manners, and gambling. Logic fails are ultimate such as not rusticating the ransacking students or the fact that there's only one teacher teaching everything at once.

Performances were simply outstanding and Rani Mukerji kills it. Her portrayal of Naina Mathur suffering Tourette Syndrome will just knoc your socks off. She was nuanced and rustic throughout the film. Shriya Pilagaonkar was pretty good as the mother of Rani and the guy who played Aatish a.k.a Harsh Nayar was just fabulous.

Music was nice and very simple and Jasleen Royal has been known to making great music. Madamji Go Easy and Oye Hichki are the highlights but definitely not the loop listening expectation.

Overall, Hitcki is a beatuiful school drama based on good performances but it majorly did lack characterization. Definitely should check it out at a theater near you.

3.5/5 - Rani Mukerji's comeback luck

Feel good movie

[niranjanyardi · 10/10 · 7 December 2019]

Lovely movie showing the journey of a teacher having Tourette's syndrome . Very refreshing , fun to watch feel good movie .

One time watchable movie.

[ayeshakhalife · 6/10 · 7 August 2019]

A mind blowing job of all the actors in it. In this film though rani has a tourette syndrome problem but she has done such a mind blowing job. I really loved the work of all the teachers. I really loved those 14 children they were just mind blowing, fantastic. It was even a very emotional movie

Despite several faults in the storyline, especially its climax, the film is an ideal watch for inspiration. The film could have been better in ways which are hard to describe, but it benefits from its source material and a strong juvenile cast.

It's one of those inspirational films that careens dangerously between being strongly inspirational and insipidly utopian.

[fillerruth · 5/10 · 23 March 2018]

If you are craving for a generous dose of idealism and emboldenment, then Rani Mukerji's drama about teacher-student bonding will scratch that itch right away. It's one of those inspirational films that careens dangerously between being strongly inspirational and insipidly utopian. Mukerji plays the unconventional teacher Naina Mathur who lives with Tourette Syndrome, a nervous system disorder marked by involuntary motor tics and grunting sounds. She has made her peace with it, but it's those around her who find it difficult to be inclusive and graceful about it.

The movie begins with her nerve-racking hunt for a teaching position. She's rejected despited being armed with multiple degrees as the deciding authorities fear that her disorder will stand in the way of her teaching. The feisty Mathur doesn't take it lying down as she gives them a crash course on Tourette Syndrome unflinchingly.

After five years of rigorous hunting, she finally lands a job at a Catholic school whose naming founder St Notker had a speech impediment. The coincidence felt contrived, but more on that later. She's is hired to teach 9F, a classroom of underprivileged rebels-slash-failures in this posh school. The school and its snobbish teachers seem to have written them off as the children of slum dwellers who don't deserve a chance. Mathur is on call to school these incorrigible teenagers. It's a delight to watch Mukerji play Mathur with a blend of consummate conviction, grace and gravitas. It's easy to feel affectionate towards her aspirations and her unconventional methods of teaching. She's the kind of teacher who imparts physics lessons by bribing her students with boiled eggs. It works, as you wish you had a teacher who had stepped out of the box like Mukerji's character.

She also takes several blows for her students, who try their best to smoke her out of the school. From petty pranks to planning mini explosions in the class, the group of 14 have a crazy aptitude for bullying. The first half is dominated by Mukerji winning the reluctant misfits - acted out nicely by young talents such as Harsh Vyas as the rebellious Atish - over with her grit. Since they are children from the slums, there are ghetto-style rap songs inserted to communicate their angst. It doesn't bode too well with the film and seems contrived. While the performances by Mukerji and her gang of students come out with flying colours on the acting front, the film isn't high on novelty. The twists and conflicts are painfully predictable. Actor Neeraj Kaabi plays the token snob who seems to be unnecessarily antagonistic towards the students of 9F. His tendency to vilify them seems unnecessary and Mathur is always trying to prove him wrong. While the casting by Shanoo Sharma is spot on, the camaraderie and the bond that grows between the teacher and the students seems forced. Their kinship doesn't feel organic, which is one of the biggest let downs of Hichki. However, the easy friendship between Mathur and her sibling is touchingly real. While Hichki is intent on communicating life-affirming philosophies such as 'there are no bad students, but just bad teachers' and 'conquer your fear and fly free', there were moments in this drama which are laboriously didactic. The climax, which includes cheating and a painful examination as one of its plot twists, is also unnecessarily dramatic. But that's a minor hiccup - or should I say Hichki - in an otherwise engaging feel-good drama. Be ready to be schooled by Mukerji who's in top form.

An inspiring movie

[ShadyBarsoum · 10/10 · 24 July 2021]

Hello from Egypt, a friend of mine gave me the blueray edition of this movie, as I am not a fan of indian cinema I let it for several days then I decided to watch the movie ( I usually do that :-) ) , and WOW , what's a movie , a real inspiring , great story and awesome acting, I was really touched by the story, if every child in the world has such a teacher , the world will be a better plae to live . Thank you all ators speciall Rani Mukerji, you were great.

Amazing

[linanageb · 10/10 · 2 August 2021]

Totally great movie... Enjoy watching this masterpiece...... I've even learned alot from her...and I wish I hab such a teacher like her ..

Front of the class - Hichki

[sakibainfs · 6/10 · 29 March 2018]

Siddharth Malhotra and Rani Mukherji is not a good combination. They came up with an unoriginal script and a cliched movie. I wonder why Rani choose this script for her comeback. Its not dedicated to Tourette's Syndrome, it is just same old wine in an old bottle.

We all knew 9 F were going to be victorious in the end, they are also going to win the "Prefect Badge" too. And so on...

Its not that Rani acted average in the movie on the other hand she carries it on her self though out the end. But that should not be the goal, one should look at the wider picture. Whats the point is doing an excellent performance in an uninspiring movie. She has nothing to prove. Rani was so good in "No one killed Jessica" and even " Mardaani" , that expectations from her are quite natural.

And I am still expecting good movies from her.

Amazing storyline and movie

[Abbas_Muhammad_cfc · 9/10 · 23 March 2018]

One of the best movie after such a long time. great acting from Madhori!!!

Rani Mukherjee proves that she is here to stay !!!

[ketgup83 · 7/10 · 24 March 2018]

As I have grown in an Indian society, I have witnessed a typical mindset to become an engineer, doctor or lawyer while pursuing education. If you are lucky, you come across a teacher / mentor who guides you what you want to do in life and not follow the herd. Hichki sets the right tone with well-intentioned message. Does it do justice to the script ? Let us find out ...

Hichki tells the story of Naina Mathur (Rani Mukherjee), a school teacher who is suffering from Tourette's syndrome. After getting rejected from multiple schools due to the disorder, she finally lands a job in a school where she takes up the challenge to educate bunch of students, who are considered misfits by the school management.

The subject of Tourette's syndrome in itself is a bold subject and it takes guts to make a film out of it. Though his first film (We Are Family) was disappointing, Siddarth Malhotra turns this unusual subject into an interesting one. He definitely has been inspired from films like Taare Zameen Par, Freedom Writers, Dead Poet's Society and Dangerous Minds where a teacher inspires students to follow their dream. Siddarth Malhotra also successfully conveys the distorted relationship between Naina and her father, who is ashamed of her daughter's disorder. I firmly believe if you are suffering from a weakness, you automatically become strong by heart as if you have to overcome that weakness. Same situation was perfectly shown where Naina keeps smiling and does not give up despite the odds not being in her favor.

While first half does have few moments, second half falls flat and writing takes a backseat. Also, the characters could have been better defined. Music is another disappoint and should have tuneful tracks. Nevertheless, the movie boast off some grand performance. Rani Mukherjee proves that she is here to stay. The "epitome of talent" returns to screen after 4 years and she sparkles the screen with outstanding performance. Watch for her when she tries to control her emotions at the corner of the school. I have been an admirer of Neeraj Kabi's acting and surely I was not disappointed at all. The actor who gave memorable performances in Detective Byomkesh and Talwar, contributes immensely in Hichki.

Overall, Hichki is a good attempt to show that you can achieve success if you are with right people and at right time. Good 3/5

Beautiful experience of a teacher and her students journey

[shashankashetty · 10/10 · 2 February 2021]

What a beautiful movie, the way while movie unfolds is like a bud blossoming into a beautiful flower. Wish more such screenplays are written for amazing performers like rani and others who deserve a space on screen.

Rani Mukherjee is Outstanding!

[yasubmj · 7/10 · 27 October 2018]

The story about an aspiring teacher with Tourette syndrome is brilliant. There is humor and witty dialogues and lots of drama. Rani Mukherjee as the protagonist is just perfect! She carries the movie! An inspiring tribute to everyone who has to fight visible and invisible battles! Do watch!

Feeling

[rabiaa-88776 · 10/10 · 12 April 2020]

This rare movie is one of the rare movies that touch my life and even show me how much change can be with a little word.

People have been generous with this one

[awersee · 6/10 · 15 April 2018]

Rani Mukherji's Hichki is regarded as her comeback film of sorts, and while the film tries to address a couple of interesting topics, it fails to make a mark as an outright classic.

Nevertheless, it's a good one-time watch.

Script and characterizations are full of hiccups

[dineshprakash · 2/10 · 23 March 2018]

Main female lead is born with a condition which forces her to hiccup or stammer or something between both. There is not any strong reason for her desperate desire to be a teacher while she is easily offered job in a bank. Her hiccups are plain annoying and clearly not fit for any profession where good speaking would be must. An upper class English medium school is not ready to accept slum kids, who are pushed over to them by Government, due to right to education act to study. Characterization of these kids are so cheesy, like they have shown in there very first scene, as drinking country liquor, smoking, gambling with playing card in school, because they belong to slum!? Then why they are not stopping to go to school is not clear, even how did they reach ninth standard when they were not a bit interested in study!? Why did school administration not rusticate them in beginning even being aware of their budding criminal like activities in school, when they could have do so as they decide to do in pre climax!? It seems that only a single teacher is taking class of all subjects of ninth standard!? If you are unable to understand science and math of ninth standard then you won't get the point of few scenes. Performance wise Rani Mukherjee is sincere, looks beautiful but fails to impress except in the scene where she breaks down. Harsh Mayer, who played student Atish, performed like a seasoned actor. Shivkumar Subramanium as Pricipal is very good. Neeraj Kabi as antagonist teacher is first rate. Title track music is so soothing and melodious.

Hits Close To Home

[twinsisterssanchez · 9/10 · 20 January 2021]

We love watching foreign films, but we often find ourselves attracted to Indian movies (Bollywood). They remind us of Filipino movies you get drama, comedy, action, a love story then the singing and dancing would start all in one movie. We have seen mostly of Rani Mukerji's movies. With the latest three movies we have seen, Rani Mukerji has grown and matured. We remember watching her sing and dance, all formula and cheesy movies. Now her movies tackle social issues facing India today.

Beautiful movie.

[juhilarkin · 8/10 · 15 July 2018]

I wish I had teacher like Rani... Great message to the world.