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

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Number of reviews
360
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42

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  • Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

    ...is not an immersive experience and after a while I lost interest in its rigmarole of relationships, the many datings and matings, break-ups and patch-ups, marriages, divorces, friendships and the one-way scenarios involved.

    49

    Oct 2016
  • 31st October

    Thousands of Sikhs were slaughtered, raped and driven out of their homes in the riots of October-November 1984. Their story needs to be told with delicacy and intelligence, not with the sloppiness and hollowness that are the hallmark of 31st October.

    09

    Oct 2016
  • Mirzya

    There were moments when the Critic thought, “Ah, this looks and sounds so good. Maybe soon the life blood will flow?” And she waited, and waited, and waited. But it did not.

    39

    Oct 2016
  • Parched

    The women’s hesitant exploration of each other in forbidden areas is riveting, as is the vein of comedy in each of them. The film is only episodically engaging though. In its entirety, Parched left me thirsting for much much more.

    39

    Sep 2016
  • Baar Baar Dekho

    If I had the power to go back in time and any power over Team Baar Baar Dekho, I would cajole or bully them into rewriting the second half of their script. In the present though, in the here and now, this is a film that starts off well but fails to sustain itself.

    49

    Sep 2016
  • Island City

    Ruchika Oberoi’s understated style, on-point writing and sense of humour are significant new additions to the Indian cinemascape. Island City is a sorrowful yet amusing, acutely observant film.

    69

    Sep 2016
  • Happy Bhag Jayegi

    Aziz obviously has a flair for comedy but he needs to work on it. What he desperately needed here was either more time and thought, or a co-writer to help him build on the starting blocks he set up.

    49

    Aug 2016
  • Dishoom

    ...is a sporadically engaging, intermittently funny, yet always insubstantial film.

    39

    Jul 2016
  • Shorgul

    ...screenplay by Jitendra Tiwari is effective in not taking sides with either community involved. Unfortunately, it takes its title very seriously and ultimately loses itself in its own din.

    19

    Jul 2016
  • Udta Punjab

    It is a mystery why this film was allowed to come undone despite the tremendously gifted individuals involved and the extreme poignancy plus conviction of the first half.

    49

    Jun 2016
  • TE3N

    ...a strong, entertaining whodunit, so lovely in its sadness and so thoroughly engaging in its observations on old age, escapism, persistence, love and revenge.

    69

    Jun 2016
  • Housefull 3

    ...taking the audience lightly with lazy scripting, skating along instead on the charisma and goofiness of its central male star, goodwill for many of the remaining cast members and occasional patches of witty absurdity.

    29

    Jun 2016