[2] Lakhon Mein Aik is set 20 years after the partition of India which happened in 1947, though historian Karan Bali notes that the events of 1947 "play a key role in kick-starting the doomed Indo-Pak love story".

He also considers that though Pakistani people view the film as unbiased and balanced, from an Indian perspective it "does not really appear quite as so" since the majority of Muslim characters are portrayed as sympathetic, and "every Hindu, barring the heroine and her father, is seen as negative or evil".

[4] Filmman of The Statesman said it "does make a departure from the general run of Urdu films but somehow clings to the hackneyed twists and turns.

[11] In an article of The Express Tribune, actor Jawed Sheikh recommended the film for its powerful performances and hit musical score.

[12] BBC Urdu included it among the "Top ten best films of the Pakistani cinema", selected by critic Aijaz Gul.