Sudhir Mishra’s Khoya Khoya Chand fails in grabbing the attention and making an impact. This time the movie fails not because of its behind-the-time story line but due to many other imperfections that speak loud. Although Mishra’s execution of some sequences is first-rate, the flaws in the rest is over powering. The movie fails to make an appeal because of its inconsistent pace. Also at constant intervals you find sequences that just add to the run time and have no significance. You also find it difficult to understand the relationship that some characters share.
On the whole, Khoya Khoya Chand is a let down.

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There’s so much to admire about Khoya Khoya Chand, not least the director’s heartfelt homage to those glorious years of black-and-white movie-making. If only someone told him when to stop.
Few films succeed in transporting you to another place another time, the way Khoya Khoya Chand does. Sitting in that darkened hall you can literally smell the paint on those studio walls because the director makes time, spaces and people come alive with his striking visual treatment.

I’m going with two out of five for director Sudhir Mishra’s Khoya Khoya Chand , it’s an experiment, yes, from a filmmaker who’d found his groove with his previous film, but still dares to dream. Even if it’s not his best work, it’s a brave effort.