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

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Nandini Ramnath

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Number of reviews
486
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41

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  • Talvar

    A legal petition disguised as a movie, the police procedural takes up cudgels on behalf of the dentist couple...

    49

    Oct 2015
  • Super 30

    ...suggests that with talent and commitment, it is possible to cross over from the other side of the tracks. Leap high towards your goals, Anand tells his students. The formula is as pat as the solution, but many parts of the journey makes this classroom victory worth the while.

    59

    Jul 2019
  • Sultan

    Sustained by the leading man’s magnetic pull, nicely cast supporting actors, a welcome lack of melodrama, and a setting that looks less plastic than the average A-list movie, Sultan is the apogee of the Salman Khan cult.

    49

    Jul 2016
  • Sui Dhaaga

    What eventually endures isn’t the inevitable heart-warming finale but the honesty of the writing and the performances and the subversions, minor and major.

    59

    Sep 2018
  • Student Of The Year 2

    The sequel that nobody wanted is neither an improvement over the original nor a downgrade of it. The bar is low to begin with, and when the butter-limbed Tiger Shroff is around, it’s easily surmounted.

    39

    May 2019
  • Street Dancer 3D

    The movie leaps to life only in the last 30 minutes, as various crews twist and twirl their way through the inevitable contest. But to get there, you have to wade through sentimental slush and endure trite humour (the tin-eared dialogue is by Farhad Samji) and endless distractions.

    39

    Jan 2020
  • Stree

    ...evokes nearly every Hollywood sport-movie cliche there is in tracing the transformation of the Speedy Singhs team from underdog to top dog.

    49

    Sep 2011
  • Soorma

    ...by downplaying the genre’s excesses – chest-thumping jingoism, macho aggression, excessive manipulation – and giving its hero enough room to find his place in the world, Soorma ensures that this triumphal journey of the human spirit is full of surprises.

    69

    Jul 2018
  • Sonchiriya

    The film itself is a tangle of ideas, and works better as an existential mood piece than the heavy-duty action drama it often resembles.

    49

    Mar 2019
  • Sniff

    Sluggishly paced and sketchily written, the movie barely has enough going on to merit 90 minutes of running time.

    19

    Aug 2017
  • Singham Returns

    The delusion of an incorruptible police force dedicated to upholding law and order at all costs and impervious to any manner of inducement pushes Singham Returns onto the same shelf as science fiction.

    39

    Aug 2014
  • Singh Is Bliing

    ...is as overstretched as most Bollywood extravaganzas, but it coasts along on its often wacky humour, its minor characters (Lara Dutta is a hoot) and the chemistry between Jackon and Kumar.

    59

    Oct 2015
  • Simran

    The monomania that characterises Simran – the furtherance of the assertion that Kangana Ranaut can carry off just about anything – dooms the movie to repetition and facetiousness. Ranaut gives the role her all, but her relentless optimism and self-belief in the face of trying circumstances are barely convincing.

    39

    Sep 2017
  • Simmba

    Ranveer Singh’s energy and flamboyance ensure that Simmba appears more engaging than it often is, and Ajay Devgn’s well-timed cameo rescues the film from being a write-off.

    49

    Dec 2018
  • Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan

    Filled with subversions both major and minor, the Aanand L Rai production is packed with superbly sketched characters and spot-on performances. It uses a light touch to launch a heavy attack on homophobia, general intolerance and repressive tendencies, and the very foundation of the conventional Indian family.

    79

    Feb 2020
  • Shorts

    Despite the realism, grittiness and seriousness on display, four of the five stories aim for poignant and uplifting conclusions that undermine their impact.

    49

    Jul 2013
  • Shorgul

    ...the filmmakers’ love for contrivance, simplification and populist rhetoric combine to make Shorgul yet another misfired investigation of the true nature of communal conflagrations in India.

    29

    Jul 2016
  • Shorgul

    The movie is low on major plot developments but it's packed with nicely observed details and memorable characters.

    69

    Apr 2011
  • Shivaay

    There’s a decent Hollywood-style lone-wolf- on-the-prowl action thriller hidden inside this long feature, but it is sacrificed to Devgn’s indulgence.

    39

    Oct 2016
  • Shimla Mirchi

    The plot fits snugly in romcom territory, providing an update to the hill-station romances that were the staple of Hindi cinema in the 1960s and ’70s.

    39

    Jan 2020
  • Shikara

    The epistolary device is one of the clumsy ways in which the movie deals with a knotty issue. Chopra, who has written the screenplay with Rahul Pandita and Abhijat Joshi, picks a narrow-angle lens through which to view the Kashmiri struggle.

    49

    Feb 2020
  • Shamitabh

    Here are the offbeat story, the easily flowing and witty banter, the quirky and urbane characters, and the light-hearted touch. But here are also the unwieldy and stretched narrative (153 minutes), the unresolved climax, the gimmicky nature of the material and the inability to expand on the movie’s premise.

    49

    Feb 2015
  • Shakal Pe Mat Ja

    There's the same catatonic acting, the staccato dialogue delivery, the bursts of violence, the over-loud background score, the strange camera angles, the crooked cops and larger-than-life thugs. Perhaps it's time to give the Mumbai gangster genre a rest.

    39

    Sep 2011
  • Shab

    ...seems to want to make a grand statement about ambition, migration, exploitation and sexuality, but its scope is limited by the stodgy dialogue, the mostly poor acting (Raveena Tandon has her moments) and incredible levels of contrivance.

    29

    Jul 2017