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Dabangg
There are too many songs and too, too much fighting, which becomes more gory and gratuitous as the film unfolds. Dabangg feels longer than it is and way more exhausting than it should. Still I recommend that you see the film for the sheer pleasure of watching Salman Khan in top form.
Sep 2010
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Raajneeti
...a mixed bag. The film has moments of ferocious power and just as many flaws.
Jun 2010
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Kites
...the film doesn’t become more than the sum of its parts because the second half is flat and in places, outright foolish.
May 2010
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May 2010
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It's a Wonderful Afterlife
...never achieves full lift off. There are too many dull stretches. The film has the texture of a clunky television sitcom.
May 2010
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Housefull
There is no craft or narrative or characterisation to speak of. Random events and characters, lies and misunderstandings serve to create a low-IQ comedy.
Apr 2010
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Apartment
The acting is abysmal. The production values are tacky. And the writing is laugh-out-loud funny.
Apr 2010
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City Of Gold
...had the potential to be a far better film than it is...But the director is unable to find the right narrative tone for this difficult material.
Apr 2010
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Phoonk 2
...characters are supremely dim-witted and even the frights are too few and far between. One of the pleasures of these type of horror films is guessing which character will be bumped off first and how. But Gadagkar’s killings don’t show any flair or imagination. The horror is more Ramsay variety.
Apr 2010
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Paathshaala
...is staggeringly inept. The script by Hanif Sheikh has no discernable arc.
Apr 2010
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Prince
...is the funniest Bollywood movie I've seen this year. I laughed so hard that my sides hurt. Only I don't think that's the reaction debutant director Kookie V Gulati was aiming for.
Apr 2010
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The Japanese Wife
...is an acquired taste. But if you’re the type of viewer who is willing to sacrifice pacing for poignance, I recommend you go for it.
Apr 2010
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Pankh
...is frankly ugly and beyond a point, absolutely tedious. Sanjay and Sudipto want to be edgy and dark but the writing isn’t sophisticated enough to support their ambitions.
Apr 2010
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Tum Milo Toh Sahi
...the attempt here was a bitter-sweet love letter to Mumbai and its people but the film is fatally undone by the clumsy writing. The screenplay is static and the dialogue, superbly low IQ.
Apr 2010
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Well Done Abba
...is heart-felt and intermittently funny but not flat-out delightful like Benegal’s last film Welcome to Sajjanpur. You need oodles of patience to enjoy this one.
Mar 2010
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Hum Tum Aur Ghost
...muddled script, which veers between rom-com, drama and high emotion, in the most meandering way possible.
Mar 2010
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Love Sex Aur Dhokha
...the film is a worthy experiment created by one of Bollywood’s most imaginative and original directors. Let me warn you that it is a polarizing film. You’re going to either love it or you’re going to hate it.
Mar 2010
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Hide & Seek
...could have been mildly diverting entertainment but it doesn’t make you scream or shiver.
Mar 2010
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Mar 2010
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Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?
...attempts to impart valuable lessons but the comic sugar-coating just doesn't crackle enough.
Mar 2010
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Teen Patti
...is a train-wreck of a movie. It's incoherent, lengthy and worst of all, agonisingly pretentious.
Feb 2010
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Karthik Calling Karthik
...is inconsistent with its own internal logic. When you backtrack and see how the pieces fit, it doesn’t hang together.
Feb 2010
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Click
How hard can it be to make a reasonably diverting horror film if all you’re doing is copying? Well, if you’re Sangeeth Sivan, the answer is: very hard.
Feb 2010
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Toh Baat Pakki
...feels like eating left-overs that have been reheated too many times. It’s not very appetizing.
Feb 2010
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My Name is Khan
...never becomes the empowering, inspiring Forest Gump-like epic. Mainly because the connective tissue tying it together is deeply flawed and in places, embarrassingly naive.
Feb 2010
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Striker
...is the kind of film that fills you with regret. There is skilful direction here, some nicely etched moments and commendable performances and yet the film never gathers enough momentum to make an impact. Striker never becomes the film it could have been.
Feb 2010
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Ishqiya
I know its only January but I think its safe to say that Ishqiya is the most crackling film you’ll see this year. It’s feisty and sly and very, very sexy.
Jan 2010