Critical reception Pallabi Dey Purkayastha from The Times of India wrote "In a nutshell, this drama on social issues ticks all the boxes of a progressive and offbeat movie" National Film Award winning film critic, Saibal Chatterjee wrote at NDTV "Inaamulhaq's Film Has Its Heart In The Right Place" Anna M. M. Vetticad's headline of his review at Firstpost says 'Hindutva hate and Muslim bigotry get a tongue lashing in a touching Varanasi saga. Troy Ribeiro' quotes Nakkash as 'An impressive, balanced faith film' at sify.com' National Film Award winning film critic, Namrata Joshi wrote at The Hindu "film’s plea to save manushyata (humaneness and humanity) is well-intentioned and hits the right spot" Subhash K. Jha at Bollyspice.com quotes “Nakkash Has Something To Say That We Must Hear”. Sakshma Srivastav in her review at Times Now mentioned "Nakkash is a sweet film with a powerful message and even more powerful performances" and also included the film in her list of 10 best Bollywood films of 2019. Syeda Eba at millenniumpost.in makes her review's headline quoting "A Compelling Film With Social Message" Suparna Sharma culminates her review at The Asian Age mentioning "Nakkash is important — because it’s a good thing when movies refuse to let us slip into complacency. Because it’s a good thing when movies remind us that democracy, secularism cannot and must not be taken for granted. Because it’s a good thing when movies tell us that our job is not done just by standing proudly and humming along when Jan Gan Man is played on the screen. All we did was take a pledge. Now we must honour those words with our actions, work." ET Bureau at The Economic Times in their review makes headline"A simple tale that raises important questions about religion and prejudice" Chirag Shah at cineeye quotes in his review "A surprising film about how love can overpower hate." References External links Indian drama films 2018 drama films 2018 films 2010s Hindi-language films Hindi-language drama films