Aamir Khan's 'Secret Superstar' opens to positive reviews, performance of cast praised

The performance of not just Zaira Wasim and Aamir Khan, but also that of Meher Vij, Raj Arjun and Tirth Sharma are being praised.
Aamir Khan's 'Secret Superstar' opens to positive reviews, performance of cast praised
Aamir Khan's 'Secret Superstar' opens to positive reviews, performance of cast praised
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Aamir Khan's Secret Superstar, which released on Thursday, has opened to mostly positive reviews.

Directed by Advait Chandan, Secret Superstar is based on the life of a teenage girl named Insia, played by Zaira Wasim, who sets out to follow her dream of being a singing superstar under the confinement of anonymity.

Aamir Khan, who has acted in the film and is also a producer, plays an out-of-luck music director, Shakti Kumaarr, who is looking for a muse to revive his failing career.

Congratulations have been pouring in for the performance of not just Zaira and Aamir, but also for Meher Vij, Raj Arjun and Tirth Sharma, who essay the characters of mother, father and friend of the protagonist respectively.

Film critic Raja Sen called it "a simple film that is unashamedly saccharine and manipulative, yet has the ability to surprise us in ways small and large".

Taran Adarsh, another movie critic, called it a "complete package".

A few critics however found the movie to be disappointing.

In a review for IANS, Subhash K Jha calls Secret Superstar a "stretched-out ode to wish-fulfilment".

"Secret Superstar is one of those well-meaning films that keeps reminding you constantly of his well-meaning it is. Many times as I watched Chandan's (director) panoply of tricks and treats, I felt I was being offered a Christmas deal with Santa Aamir Khan mentoring the film's 15-year old wanna-shine Zaira Wasim whose brilliance as an actor is far more dazzling than anything that is written into this film to support her dreams," he wrote.

With IANS inputs

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