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Dongri Ka Raja
Uncharismatic leads, unlimited clichés and irrelevant plot twists spell death for this Mumbai gangster movie.
Nov 2016
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Dream Girl
The movie’s aims include supplying a joke every minute, which it often does, and delivering a comic take on urban loneliness, which it doesn’t quite do.
Sep 2019
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Drishyam
...works just fine so long as it reproduces its original twisty quality, but it nevertheless suffers from miscasting and unnecessary scripting tweaks.
Jul 2015
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Feb 2015
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Feb 2019
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Ek Paheli Leela
Leone’s risqué image will prove most handy in getting productions off the ground and ensuring footfalls in cinemas, but at least in this movie at least, she is clearly out of place.
Apr 2015
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Ekk Deewana Tha
Almost nothing works in the Hindi version. Prateik flubs his way through almost every scene; the editing is video-game frenetic, the cinematography tacky...
Feb 2012
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Entertainment
There is endless punning, a play on the names of actors and iconic Hindi movies, SMS forward-worthy jokes and the idea that a dog can get the better of humans.
Aug 2014
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Family Of Thakurganj
The plot kicks in very late, and a bit too late to rescue the movie from utter predictability and sameness.
Jul 2019
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Apr 2016
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Fanney Khan
The actors help the movie navigate the implausibility at the heart of the plot and its facile critique of a music industry in which talent is worthy of being recognised only if it is televised.
Aug 2018
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Ferrari Ki Sawaari
Mapuskar directs his actors with confidence and boldly shoots the films in real locations, but the movie needed to have been crisper and quicker, more Ferrari than Ambassador.
Jun 2012
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Firangi
...is highly overstretched, and squanders its comic potential despite having a comedian as its hero.
Dec 2017
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Force
...isn't quite as offensive as some other recent releases, but it neither captures the thrills of the original nor fixes the flaws.
Oct 2011
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Force 2
It’s not quite India’s answer to the Mission: Impossible films, but at least on the thrills front, it’s halfway there.
Nov 2016
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Freaky Ali
Nawazuddin Siddiqui lives it up as the hero, churning out punchlines and playing the romantic lead in a creaky fantasy about bridging the gulf between the working class and a rich person’s game.
Sep 2016
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FryDay
How about crafting a role for Govinda that properly capitalises on his comic talents and persuades him to shed off the anything-goes quality and tackiness of his recent films? Fryday isn’t quite a comeback for Govinda, but it will have to do for his extant fanbase.
Oct 2018
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Fukrey Returns
Theoretically, a sequel offers up the opportunity to fix the flaws of part one and strengthen the story. In reality, this is unlikely to happen when your source material was unworthy of a follow up.
Dec 2017
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Gabbar Is Back
...is designed as a star vehicle for Kumar’s limited acting skills but considerable fighting prowess.
May 2015
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Gali Guleiyan
...Bajpayee’s career-best performance prevents interest from flagging. The actor never loses Khuddus’s humanity, and portrays his plight with unerring rigour and poignancy.
Sep 2018
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Gali Guleiyan
...a movie has to be much more than the sum of liquor-ad lighting, sharp clothes and tourism brochure locations.
Apr 2011
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Game Over
Saravanan and co-writer Kaavya Ramkumar deliver a taut and highly watchable thriller that, despite falling short of its ambitions, has a clever take on the way in which violence against women gets imprinted on bodies and souls.
Jun 2019
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Gangoobai
Writer and director Priya Krishnaswamy keeps the proceedings simple and the emotions even simpler.
Jan 2013
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Gangs Of Wasseypur 2
The movie is as much heartless fun as the first, but it will also hopefully be the last word in the romanticisation of mofussil chic that has come to characterise a section of Hindi cinema.
Aug 2012
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Aug 2018
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Ghanchakkar
...is at heart a languid and quirky comedy, but even laidback movies need momentum.
Jun 2013
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Ghayal Once Again
Ghayal was one of the best-known entries in this genre, and the sequel labours under the shadow of the 1990 production.
Feb 2016