 However, Soumyadip Choudhury gave the film a "must watch" accolade, and Live Mint's Uday Bhatia and Jai Arjun Singh said "Cinema Cinema" is "(a) charming history lesson" that was "lovingly assembled by Shah".Krishna Shah was originally the director of the Hindi movie "Amma".Shah was dismissed by producer Jiten partway into production, over undisclosed differences.