by Alex Perry:
"And by shooting on location rather than in dodgy sets, by employing award-winning Hollywood cinematographer Christopher Popp, and by obligating the actors not to ham it up, Akhtar has produced the first mainstream Indian movie capable of holding its own against virtually any summer smash from Hollywood."
by Alex Perry:
" Christopher Popp's widescreen lensing has a handsome coolness."
by Rachel Dwyer:
"The battle locations are dramatically shot by Christopher Popp, who creates a sharp contrast between the bleakness and danger of the conflict zone and the relaxed, affluent scenes in Delhi."
(South Africa) - by Fareed Dockrat:
"The overall productiom is world class, with Christopher Popp's cinematography eye-poppingly brilliant. Popp's presentation of Ladakh and the Kargill border between India and Pakistan is awe-inspiring. and the climax, featuring an assault on a sheer rock face by members of the Indian army, is breathtaking."
by Prairie Miller:
"Overhauling in myriad ways the more than familiar noir genre, the film is visually haunting as both the train and ghoulish narrative weirdly accelerate into effectively surreal territory."
by Jay Mamtora:
"...Lakshya is quite an inspiring and polished piece of cinema. Special mention must be made of the cinematography (Christopher Popp), which mesmerizes."
by The Foywonder:
"...a stylish gloomy look for both the inside and outside of the train. If not for the Christmas lights strung up and the eventual appearance of a cellular phone the train interiors have such an old timely look, the area in which the film is set could easily have been revealed to be early 20th Century."
by F.X. Feeney:
"Shadows, a 24-minute short directed by Mitchell Levine,, has the power of a full length feature. the story hinges around the tortured emotions binding a father and his son as they bunk together in a Nazi concentration camp. Together with production designer Hans Pfleiderer and cameraman Christopher Popp, Levine evokes this setting with seamless authenticity."