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

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377
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41

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  • Mirch

    Shukla aims for a lighthearted tone that come and goes, and it's his lamentably little-seen cast that grabs and holds our interest

    49

    Dec 2010
  • Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey

    The problem with Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey isn't its simple-minded straightforwardness. The problem is that not a single character in this story is brought to three-dimensional life - we get a parade of names and faces, and we could be staring into an illustrated history book.

    39

    Dec 2010
  • Break Ke Baad

    ...the story never really catches fire, and it never makes you invest enough emotion in the continent-hopping lovers - painted as opposites, in typical rom-com colours - ending up together. The hurdles that they plant on their way to happiness appear molehills, not mountains.

    59

    Nov 2010
  • Peepli [Live]

    An extremely well-made first feature is also extremely overfamiliar, what with its initial investment in farmer suicides giving way to easy potshots at our media.

    59

    Aug 2010
  • Raavan

    Raavan falls for Sita (and vice versa) in an intriguingly idiosyncratic take on the Ramayana – if you can get past the lead performances, that is.

    79

    Jun 2010
  • It's a Wonderful Afterlife

    ...after the enjoyably batty It’s A Wonderful Afterlife, I suppose it’s time to wonder how Gurinder Chadha was drawn to an empowerment saga like Bend It Like Beckham in the first place. Her talents seem to be those of a natural-born farceur...

    49

    May 2010
  • Housefull

    The problem, as always, is that our filmmakers confuse no-brainer entertainment with no-brainer filmmaking. Housefull is far too long and laden with far too many emotional subplots to function fully as comedy.

    19

    May 2010
  • Chase

    The refrain in the title track – “Get, set, go…” – might well be a cautionary injunction to the unwitting viewer settling into his seat.

    19

    May 2010
  • Prince

    Gulati cannot decide if he wants to emulate a superhero movie or if he’d rather tap into a more human dimension, with the hero in a limbo after having lost his mind. The film itself exists in a bit of a limbo...

    29

    Apr 2010
  • Well Done Abba

    With no one to particularly invest in, Well Done Abba turns dull very quickly – and it doesn’t help that complex issues are raised and redressed with insulting simple-mindedness.

    39

    Mar 2010