Sukanya Varma of Rediff went with 4/5 stars, saying "For all its existentialism crisis, Aankhon Dekhi's heart lies in Kapoor's affectionate depiction of humdrum living, the tender father-daughter relationship between Bauji and Rita (Maya Sarao), the unspoken attachment between him and his younger brother and the concerned anxiety of his rock solid wife."
Shubra Gupta of Indian Express, usually a very harsh critic, gave the film a surprising 4/5, mentioning about the central character, "He is fool, clown and man, all in one. He is us. I have seen it with my own eyes, and I can tell you that Aankhon Dekhi is a fine, fine film."
Overall, Aankhon Dekhi is an extremely refined, nicely whimsical and deeply cerebral film that highlights the contrast of reality vs truth. It forces you to look inward and contemplate on your own belief system and is a classic that needs discovery.
"When I was writing the script for Aankhon Dekhi, Sanjay Mishra's face kept coming to my mind. Approaching him for the movie, I told Mishra that I will only make it if he does the role of Bauji," said Rajat.
Still not convinced by the ending.. Felt contrived, a gentle philosophical fuck you by the filmmaker.. Brilliant moments, great screenplay and acting bit ultimately remained a little too constrained by the concept of aankhon dekhi..
The other learning from this is for all of us. How do we make sense of the world? By connecting dots. An ankhon-dekhi approach will get us very few dots, and our view of the world will be blurred and incomplete. The best way to gather more dots is reading. The more we read, the better we understand the world, and the better the decisions we take. When we can experience a thousand lives through books, why restrict ourselves to one?
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