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Chhichhore
The movie begins as a rambunctious college campus comedy, quickly moves into the sentimental family drama zone, returns for the fun and games, shifts back into tear-jerking territory, and finally runs out of breath with only some of its ambitions realised.
Sep 2019
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Coffee Bloom
...most of the characters created by director and co-writer Sharat Parvathavani are under-written and not rounded enough to justify the complexity of their experiences.
Mar 2015
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Jan 2017
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Commando 2
...has a ludicrous plot, banal dialogue, action sequences derived from Hollywood and East Asian cinema, and mostly sub-par acting.
Mar 2017
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Coolie No.1
Varun Dhawan and dialogue writer Farhad Samji are no match for Govinda’s manic energy and Kader Khan’s rat-a-tat repartee. The most energetic moments in the tedious and needless retread emanate from Ganesh Acharya’s ants-in-the-pants choreography in the song sequences.
Dec 2020
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Court
Chaitanya Tamhane’s elegantly assembled and immensely powerful debut packs together observation, humanism, intelligence and beauty.
Apr 2015
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CRD
...remains audacious throughout, carried along by the top-notch acting and the plethora of surprises that the writers keep throwing at their characters and the viewers.
Sep 2017
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Creature
The pumped-up background score tries to send a few shivers down the spine, but the only impact is on the ear-drums.
Sep 2014
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D-Day
It’s preposterous at the best of times but nevertheless very watchable despite a stretched denouement, song interludes and redundant scenes of intimacy and family bonding.
Jul 2013
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Daas Dev
Few films can survive the weight of so much loftiness and ambition. Daas Dev goes off the rails in its opening scenes and fails to return to course.
Apr 2018
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Daawat-e-Ishq
...not quite sure if it wants to be a social satire or a serious-minded attack on dowry.
Sep 2014
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Daawat-e-Ishq
...has some smart writing, many riveting action sequences and quite a few yawn-inducing moments.
Sep 2010
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Dabangg 3
...isn’t funny or even campy enough to be anything more than an aging hero’s throw of dice, hoping that third time will be as lucky as the first two.
Dec 2019
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Dangal
...is a rousing study of the quest for perfection – and Aamir is the perfect lead.
Dec 2016
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De De Pyaar De
The movie barely works as an age-gap saga but is more effective as a comedy about moving on and finding new soulmates. Ranjan and Jain heavily pad up material that is just about enough for an extended sitcom episode with songs, uneven comedy and needless melodrama. Ironically for a film directed by an editor, the pacing is sluggish.
May 2019
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Dear Dad
The movie wants to say something poignant and profound about the need for sons to accept their father’s decisions, but it doesn’t have the material to do so.
May 2016
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Dear Maya
There is too much plot exposition, too many sequences are allowed to ramble on, and some of the dialogue verbalises feelings that are glaringly apparent. The movie is ultimately about hope, and Bhatnagar supplies too much of it.
Jun 2017
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Dear Zindagi
Since Dear Zindagi doesn’t tinker with this basic quality of the Bollywood romance, it’s all good.
Nov 2016
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Department
...the movie is a self-consciously parodic version of the cops-and-gangster genre that Varma has mined successfully in the past as a director and producer.
May 2012
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Desi Boyz
The movie is judgement-free, but it's also very pat. Buried underneath the piles of clothes discarded by Rocco and Hunter is a full-on sex comedy that's dying to come out.
Nov 2011
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Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
Although Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! works hard on creating a convincing setting for Byomkesh to make his mark, the characters are mostly under-written and the central mystery lacks tension and a sense of imminent danger.
Apr 2015
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Dharam Sankat Mein
...isn’t a patch on Oh My God! or PK, both of which boldly lampooned the commercialisation of religion, but the very fact that it exists, dares to broach the matter of Islamophobia among Hindus, and has been passed by the Central Board of Film Certification redeems it somewhat.
Apr 2015
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Dhoom 3
...sallies forth boldly into Hollywood genre territory but resorts ever so often to longstanding Hindi movie contrivances to keep the plot ticking.
Dec 2013
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Dil Dhadakne Do
...suffers from the butter-knife treatment when it actually needed a razor.
Jun 2015
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Dil Dhadakne Do
...has everything you can expect from a Bhandarkar production: tacky production values, barbs at the wealthy and Westernised, caricatured gay characters.
Feb 2011
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Dishoom
Dishoom’s premise has promise – two mismatched police officers join hands to rescue India’s cricketing jewel from a kidnapping – but Desi Boyz director Rohit Dhawan simply cannot get the film to jumpstart despite all the elements being in place.
Jul 2016
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Do Lafzon Ki Kahani
All the ingredients are present for a three-hankie weepie about a love that survives obstacles, but the movie lacks energy and frisson between the leads.
Jun 2016