Hindustan Times was highly negative, calling the film an unwanted return to dated 1980s masala cinema, packed with recycled plotting, cringe inducing situations and relentless rhyming dialogue. Riteish Deshmukh was one of its few bright spots.

Koimoi strongly disliked the film, praising Riteish Deshmukh’s commitment but criticising the outdated story, forgettable dialogue, excessive melodrama and failure to deliver even the mass entertainment it promises.

BollywoodLife strongly criticised the film as an example of how not to make commercial masala cinema, finding its storytelling and execution deeply flawed despite a handful of enjoyable action scenes and punchy dialogues.

Pinkvilla found the film a poor mixture of familiar Bollywood formulas, criticising its derivative screenplay, exaggerated dialogue and lack of an engaging story despite the sizeable cast.

Bollywood Hungama was the major positive critic, calling Marjaavaan a true masala entertainer and praising its action, dialogue, emotions and ability to appeal to its intended mass audience.

News18 strongly criticised Marjaavaan as a collection of tired Hindi film cliches, with outdated storytelling, exaggerated dialogue and very little originality.

Filmibeat was largely negative, finding the screenplay and direction poor and the romance and melodrama tiresome. A few action scenes and songs were among its limited positives.

Times of India was mixed, appreciating some action, emotion and Riteish Deshmukh’s performance, but felt the dated execution and predictable storytelling prevent the film from becoming an effective masala entertainer.

India TV News gave the film a negative assessment, describing it as a messy throwback filled with excessive melodrama and familiar retro masala elements rather than convincing emotion.

India Today found the film torturous and dramatically hollow, criticising the acting, exaggerated dialogue, derivative action and weak screenplay. Even Riteish Deshmukh’s efforts could not rescue it.