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

critic

Sanjukta Sharma

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Number of reviews
89
Average rating
42

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  • Bullett Raja

    It is a wishy-washy mix of two brazen hinterland heroes’ misadventures, a revenge drama, and a soap-opera style, hackneyed depiction of Uttar Pradesh politics.

    19

    Nov 2013
  • Satya 2

    ...does have academic value, as a study of a director’s systematic attempts to demolish his legacy and bury one of his most enduring creations...

    19

    Nov 2013
  • Krrish 3

    ...is neither Amar Chitra Katha nor Marvel. The Indian superhero stays in an artless, old-fashioned limbo.

    19

    Nov 2013
  • Mickey Virus

    Without any authentic ring to it, and with artless performances and a predictable story, the last thing I could do, while sitting through its more than two hours of running time, was suspend disbelief.

    19

    Oct 2013
  • The Lunchbox

    While being an immensely enjoyable and competent film, the universality of The Lunchbox tends to exclude its setting’s all-important provinciality.

    59

    Sep 2013
  • Shuddh Desi Romance

    The big disappointment of Shuddh Desi Romance is writer Jaideep Sahni. Known for scripts and screenplays that retain efficacy of storytelling with commercially viable Bollywood elements, here is non-committal to making his characters fleshy or believable. The director and actors don’t rescue the fragile boat.

    39

    Sep 2013
  • Satyagraha

    ...a missed opportunity. By translating a phenomenon that captured the national imagination even fleetingly, it could have humanized the Anna brigade. Jha dumbs down, and does it artlessly.

    19

    Aug 2013
  • Lootera

    It may be a couple of notches short of a masterpiece, but Lootera is the kind of film you will remember long after watching it.

    69

    Jul 2013
  • Raanjhanaa

    ...the lead performance shines, the writing complementing it. Rahman’s music set to the tragicomic beats of this man’s life makes Raanjhanaa a film to watch.

    59

    Jun 2013
  • Gippi

    The film has the universally acceptable message that most self-help books will give you: love your flaws, love yourself. A film needs some more meat; it can’t thrive on a message. When storytelling, characterization and performance are lost, all is lost.

    39

    May 2013
  • Bombay Talkies

    ...while they unfold, the stories hold up in their half-hour individual length. But after you have left the theatre, it is not gratification you feel, but the short-lived aftertaste of a music video or a good commercial.

    49

    May 2013
  • AkaashVani

    Except for a few moments, and some competent, if synthetic, cinematography by Sudhir K. Chaudhary, a story with immediacy is lost in flinching execution.

    19

    Jan 2013