An archive of Hindi movie reviews and ratings from 2010 to 2020.

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Baradwaj Rangan

Highest rating for

79

Lowest rating for
Number of reviews
388
Average rating
41

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  • Dedh Ishqiya

    ...the problem with these Ishqiya movies. There’s so much to savour in them, but they never become what they could have been because the heaviness of the love stories, which are the core, are diminished by the lightness, the cheekiness, the tomfoolery in everything else.

    49

    Jan 2014
  • Jackpot

    The director, Gurmmeet Singh, rounds up able actors – Deepti Pujari, as a naïf from Saharanpur, is quite good – but they’re let down by a series of sketches that must have sounded good on paper but fall flat on screen.

    19

    Dec 2013
  • R... Rajkumar

    The problem with this kind of cinema is that it’d probably work best as a two-hour show reel of highlights and our filmmakers almost always insist on adding the extra half-hour or hour. There’s just not enough plot or characterisation to sustain these films for that long.

    19

    Dec 2013
  • Bullett Raja

    With so much that’s so fascinating at a conceptual level, it’s surprising how dull Bullett Raja is – and that’s because Dhulia, in his attempts to imbue his material with layers and texture, forgets what made those masala movies work in the first place.

    39

    Dec 2013
  • Krrish 3

    ...shows no signs of heightened or indeed, any brain activity. This is a big dumb movie without the trashy thrills that we sometimes get from big dumb movies.

    19

    Nov 2013
  • Shahid

    Shahid isn’t a polemic but – in the tradition of our cinema – a deeply humanistic drama. The film makes us think, but more often, it makes us feel.

    59

    Oct 2013
  • Boss

    Akshay Kumar does what he can to keep things afloat, taking care of the action and the drama and the comedy, but unless you’re Amitabh Bachchan, these one-man circus shows are never a good idea.

    19

    Oct 2013
  • Phata Poster Nikhla Hero

    We really only care about the laughs. But what Santoshi’s making aren’t just comedies. They’re reverential homage. They’re tongue-in-cheek throwback. They’re a love letter to the movies. They’re utterly one-of-a-kind.

    49

    Sep 2013
  • Zanjeer

    The most frustrating aspect of this Zanjeer is the cynicism on display, as if the audience would show up just because lines like “Yeh police station hai, tere baap ka ghar nahin” are reproduced.

    19

    Sep 2013