Dhanak
...it is simply too cheerful and unconvincing to work as an Indian avatar of Iranian movies that feature adorable children grappling with adult problems.
Jun 2016
Udta Punjab
...soars on the back of hard-hitting scenes and superb performances from its cast, but a shorter trip would have given the movie the kick it sorely needed to be counted as the definitive drama on the moral corruption of an entire society.
Jun 2016
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
Housefull 3
The filmmakers have aimed to deliver a puerile movie, and, in fact, will be offended by any discussion about Housefull 3 that does not involve its box office prospects.
Jun 2016
- May 2016
Phobia
The set-up is convincing, and Radhika Apta’s central performance as Mahek makes it doubly so.
May 2016
Sarbjit
The loud and insistent melodrama takes away from the pathos of the central character’s story.
May 2016
Azhar
...directed with consistent ineptitude by Tony D’Souza, Azhar pretends to be anything but a biopic.
May 2016
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
Buddha In A Traffic Jam
...severely lacks artistic merit, but it will forever be entrenched in memory as one of the zeitgeist films of the Modi era.
May 2016
Traffic
...the essence of the original – and the reason it worked with audiences – has been lost.
May 2016
- Apr 2016
Love Games
Vikram Bhatt’s thriller on swingers exploits ideas like drug abuse and threesomes.
Apr 2016
The Blueberry Hunt
There simply isn’t enough in here to justify the 110-minute running time.
Apr 2016
Ki & Ka
The main characters are too sketchy for the movie Balki hopes to have made, and they are not light enough for the movie he should have made.
Apr 2016
Rocky Handsome
...proves that it is possible to pay good money for an official remake of a South Korean hit rather than pilfer the plot, as Bollywood has done in the past, and still botch it up.
Mar 2016
Kapoor & Sons
Shakun Batra’s beautifully performed drama, about a family lurching from one crisis to the next, is part of a recent development towards ‘Happy endings with reservations’ in popular Hindi cinema.
Mar 2016
Global Baba
The clarity with which director Manoj Tiwari approaches his subject isn’t always reflected in the overly busy plotting and the choppy narrative. Yet, the filmmaker makes his points adequately.
Mar 2016
Teraa Surroor
Whatever the view on Reshammiya and his unrelenting attempts to be regarded as an actor, there is no doubt that he is the biggest sport in Bollywood. Perhaps no other actor tries so hard to live up to the criticism, and succeeds every time.
Mar 2016
Jai Gangaajal
For all its high-minded moralising, Jai Gangaajal plays out like a 1980s vigilante movie.
Mar 2016
Tere Bin Laden Dead Or Alive
...tries very hard to squeeze humour out of a contrived plot.
Feb 2016
Neerja
Madhvani fulfils the brief of delivering a stirring and sensitive account of bravery at the risk of making the narrative predictable to a fault.
Feb 2016
Sanam Re
Despite numerous plot twists, the two-hour duration feels as stretched as Samrat’s movie star ambitions. Every now and then, a song that might be better viewed on YouTube shows up to relieve the tedium.
Feb 2016
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
Saala Khadoos
The movie is unnecessarily overblown but also curiously affecting due to the knockout performances of real-life fighter and debutant actor Ritika Singh and Mumtaz Sorcar as her elder sister.
Jan 2016
Mastizaade
From peeling a banana to opening a bank account, from light sockets to soda bottles, Mastizaade pulls out all the stops and lets the ribald humour gush for 108 minutes.
Jan 2016