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Feb 2016
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Apr 2017
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Notebook
Sadly, Notebook's more introspective and humane aspects remain confined to the backdrop to accommodate a lacklustre romance.
Mar 2019
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Ok Jaanu
...cannot shrug off the identity of a remake. It’s like two people who’ve watched the original consciously recreating it for an audience unfamiliar to the original.
Jan 2017
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OMG Oh My God!
...a brave and absorbing blend of satire, fable and fantasy that brings our attention to the misuse and commercialisation of religion.
Sep 2012
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Paa
...celebrates the purest phase of an individual with such touching simplicity; it's impossible to remain unmoved.
Dec 2009
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Pad Man
...dramatises his reality to accomodate romance and distinction with a calculation that is one of the weakest aspects of an otherwise constructive narrative.
Feb 2018
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Pagalpanti
...Pagalpanti's script is stuff of pre-schooler dreams. The performances, too, are better suited for a school play.
Nov 2019
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Pagglait
...witty, moving and mild-mannered movie about self-realisation, the end of one journey becomes the beginning of another against the backdrop of a family's disquiet and disputes.
Mar 2021
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Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas
...deviates from its simpler instincts and surrenders to tired Bollywood tropes like foul games of politically influential families and the constant reiteration for Ma ka pyaar and prayer.
Sep 2019
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Paltan
...Dutta's clownish treatment of history and hard-earned triumph demeans the efforts and sacrifices of real-life martyrs and bravehearts with its pompous ideas of valour, clunky writing and a cadre of lacklustre actors.
Sep 2018
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Panga
What it lacks in depth or surprise, Panga's slice of life makes up for in its gentle depiction of everyday struggles and pleasantries, lending it a consistently warm fuzzy feeling.
Jan 2020
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Panipat
...has all the meat for a political drama meets war movie. But in Gowariker's failure to process its complexity, the material never rises beyond a mediocre hurray to the Maratha manoos.
Dec 2019
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Parmanu
...can scream 'desh' all it wants and turn up the volume as loud as it likes to make a big deal. But it's ultimately a cursory glance at a tough tactical choice and tame recreation of a controversial reality whose face is a stiff star.
May 2018
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Pati Patni Aur Woh
Alternating between a farce and melodrama, thankfully none of it coming from the women, Pati Patni Aur Woh can't decide whether it wants to be the climax of a Priyadarshan comedy or give the cad a dose of his own medicine brand of cheeky payback.
Dec 2019
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Patiala House
...a film that's surprisingly alright in spite of the obviousness of its generic plot and sloppy screenplay...
Feb 2011
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Patiala House
...well-researched, brilliantly-written and effectively documented creation that hasn't negotiated its wry vision for big screen. I'd go to the extent of saying it's the best Hindi film I've seen this year.
Aug 2010
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Patiala House
...sharply-penned, rib-tickling adventure. It's insane. And it's awesome.
Dec 2010
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Phata Poster Nikhla Hero
Occasionally, I half-smiled at the laboured silliness put forth by this clean but clichéd farce. Only the darn poster is, ultimately, too phata, purana for anything to come out of it except disillusionment.
Sep 2013
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Phillauri
Lal’s insistence to maintain room temperature humour and downplay a frothy premise robs Phillauri of fizz in its comedy.
Mar 2017
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Phullu
...unwisely presumes that promoting a humanitarian angle absolves it of mediocrity. For all its do-gooder fixation, Phullu neither has the passion to succeed as a film nor the seriousness of a valuable message.
Jun 2017
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Nov 2018
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Policegiri
Plots with threadbare logic rely too much on larger-than-life heroics to draw its target audience in. But none of Dutt’s swagger is blustering enough to put up with a film as deafening, dowdy and drudging as Policegiri.
Jul 2013
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Sep 2017
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Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
Quite a let down, given Barjatya’s greatest strength is the warmth his characters exude.
Nov 2015
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Jan 2010
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Qaidi Band
Qaidi Band's biggest undoing is its superficial treatment of a thought-provoking premise.
Aug 2017
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Jun 2017