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Revolver Rani
A Kangana Ranaut film seems to be increasingly acquiring the proportions of a genre unto itself. It needs neither saleable male co-stars nor the tried-and-tested conventions of Bollywood blockbusters.
Apr 2014
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2 States
The unabashed shallowness of a Chetan Bhagat book meets the inane glitter of a Karan Johar-Sajid Nadiadwala production in 2 States.The result is the creation of a third state – the state of overpowering indolence.
Apr 2014
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Bhoothnath Returns
The film’s good intentions and the generally competent and controlled execution are marred by a screenplay riddled with inconsistencies.
Apr 2014
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Main Tera Hero
...is a laugh riot, unapologetically mindless but infectiously boisterous and off-the-wall.
Apr 2014
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O Teri
The film, all 107 minutes of it, is a full frontal assault that gives the audience no options at all. The only emotion it arouses is disgust.
Mar 2014
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Gang of Ghosts
It deserves a quick, unceremonious burial. Moral of the story: Never rake up ghosts of the past.
Mar 2014
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Bewakoofiyaan
...scores with its disarming simplicity. Even as it doesn’t soar to dizzying heights, it is never less than watchable.
Mar 2014
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Gulaab Gang
Women who weave their own pink saris and are determined to put all pigs in their place, even if they are in the make-believe world of Gulaab Gang, should be the last people to enforce a stereotype that Hindi films have perpetuated for decades.
Mar 2014
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Shaadi Ke Side Effects
...is recommended because, despite its flaws, it is passable fun while it lasts.
Feb 2014
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Highway
Writer-director Imtiaz Ali has hit a road less taken. The result is a stylish two-hander that is defiantly unconventional, if not entirely satisfying.
Feb 2014
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Gunday
The eye candy on liberal display in Gunday isn’t buttressed with enough narrative energy. It really is difficult to keep a two-and-a-half-hour film from losing its wheels when its engine room is bereft of the propellant of genuine inspiration.
Feb 2014
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One By Two
There is no dearth of perspiration in screenwriter Devika Bhagat’s directorial debut. She packs quite a lot into the film. Yet it feels wafer-thin.
Jan 2014
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Miss Lovely
Dark, disturbing and disorienting, Miss Lovely is the sort of film grips viewers by the gullet and drags them into a claustrophobic crevice.
Jan 2014
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Yaariyan
...talks about a whole lot of other things – friendship, trust, patriotism, race attacks and tolerance – but makes no sense at all.
Jan 2014
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Dedh Ishqiya
Dedh Ishqiya entertains, but does so in a manner that does not trifle with the intelligence of the audience.
Jan 2014
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Mr Joe B. Carvalho
The film tries very, very hard to be smart. All it manages to be is downright silly.
Jan 2014
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Dhoom 3
...is fun while it lasts, but it might not leave the viewer with the sense of having watched a film that is truly unique.
Dec 2013
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Rajjo
The old-fashioned plot is completely at variance with the present-day realities of the Mumbai underbelly that the film seeks to project.
Nov 2013
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Krrish 3
It passes muster because of the consistently high quality of its CGI and the undeniable power of a known franchise.
Nov 2013
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Shahid
...deserves more than just a standing ovation. It deserves accolades for standing up to be counted and narrating the kind of story that is usually buried under mainstream media cacophony.
Oct 2013
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Boss
The humour is cringingly coarse, the stunts are completely over the top and the emotions never ring true.
Oct 2013
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Besharam
...rambunctious and robust, does not offer much by way of narrative novelty. But like Dabangg, it sets a crackling pace and does not flinch from the prospect of going over the edge in its pursuit of cheap thrills.
Oct 2013