The bad part first: the direction of the movie, direction of photography casting (except Siddiqui), dialogs, acting (except siddiqui) are a black hole. Highly mediocre stuff. Music is inserted like being done on gunpoint. The whole project has been executed i a shoddy manner. I do not expect this from a team led by someone like Ketan Mehta. No cinematic excellence as such.The Good part now: Nawazuddin Siddiqui is a fine actor and he did pull the movie on his shoulders completely. Even after the best efforts of the director to spoil the movie, Siddiqui does not let Ketan take away the charm of the legend with him. Siddiqui remains the only good part of the movie. Way to go for this chap. he should think ten times before working for KEtan MEhta again.The legend lives on: One does not love the legend for this movie, one can just watch the movie since it is based on the legend. The movie did injustice to the legend and the legend of course set the base of this and maybe several documentaries like these. So in case one is interested in knowing the legend, better catch a good documentary about him rather than wasting time on this movie full of mediocre and amateur stuff.The rating: Of course, we Indians just like Americans, are an emotional lot. We, just like Americans, like to celebrate our mediocrity loudly. That's why the high ratings.

The new trend to make films on real life true incidents is gaining speedy momentum in the Bollywood and the addition of 'Manjhi' to this list is quite fresh and encouraging. Director Ketan Mehta has really done a great job to put in all of his skills to make this good film. Everything from story to acting, direction to casting and cinematography to sequence is well knitted to dish out an awesome picture. The story revolves around 'Dashat (Nawazuddin Siddiqui)' who spends 22 years to carve out a road through a hill in the memory of her deceased wife 'Phagunniya (Radhika Apte)'. The hill had bisected his village from neighboring village of Nawabganj where all basic health and social facilities are available. People required to goto Nawabganj had to diverge of the hill and it took them days and hours to cross over. When Wife of 'Dashat' falls from the hill and dies due to non availability of timely health care,he decides to rip it apart and make a passage so that people are facilitated. Everyone makes a mockery of him and term him a senseless individual. Even he faces a lot of opposition from the government offices, head of their village and harsh ground realities but he refuses to quit the task. It is said that where there is a will, there is way and that is absolutely true for determined guys like 'Dashat'. His tireless, long and determined struggle had made a huge difference in the lives of many who lives in that small village of 'Bihar'. The love of his wife was always a driving and motivational force behind this almost impossible task. He accomplished this insane effort with a simple hammer and a chisel even under adverse circumstances through more than two decades. Nowazuddin Siddiqui has always impressed his fans with his natural acting abilities and he proves it yet again. His performance from a youngster to a husband and then finally to an old man of 60 years get up is marvelous. Radhika Apte also did a fair job to her role and her looks probably were best suited for this role. The director has did enough justice with his all the characters and the story nodes. All and all, its a good, fantastic and alive movie.

the movie is magnificent . no doubt the movie has the best direction , the director work is amazing of course acting was good too. but what i like the most was the main character acting and the director work . the set and the cast was so brilliant i really felt that i am in 1960 of India. that is really amazing .summary:- the man spent his half of life in the passion of love of his life devoted to her wife.the movie pace is bit low at the start but it seems necessary to built character development . the another main thing is they show the beauty in very good manner .this is very good and must watch movie to get inspired .

this movie is very good. and i think only NAWAZUDDIN SIDDIQI can do the role of MANJHI. and he is the soul of this movie. and I want to say thanks to Mr. KETAN MEHTA also. RADHIKA MAM is also looking good in the role of PHAGUNIYA. Tigmanshu Dhulia have also good acting in the role of MUKHIYA. MANJHI the mountain man very real movie. a character who broken the mountain for love. the love for his wife. the love for his villagers. and the love for his village. in the childhood, MANJHI is a normal man such as we. but when he got a painfully war on his mind. he is changed. very changed. and he broke the mountain. and we all should be the mountain man. i think every person to have watch this movie.