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Kaun Kitney Paani Mein
The film is pleasantly nuts and there’s a lot to like, but it doesn’t exactly soar.
Sep 2015
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Phantom
If you could taste films, this one would be positively brackish from all the pinches of salt.
Aug 2015
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Aug 2015
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All Is Well
Oh My God! isn’t just the name of Shukla’s last film. It’s what you keep exclaiming during these couple of hours.
Aug 2015
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Brothers
One feels a twinge about picking on a movie made with so much craft and care, by a director who errs on the side of too much in the midst of many who do too little, but strip away the pretty wallpaper and you’ll see how generic Brothers is...
Aug 2015
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Bangistan
Anshuman has ideas – but he doesn’t know what to do with those ideas on screen.
Aug 2015
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Jul 2015
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Guddu Rangeela
Some films that don’t quite work, you dismiss outright. Guddu Rangeela is the kind of film you grapple with. You wish it were better.
Jul 2015
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Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho
The other thing that makes us uneasy is the persistent doubt that these villagers are being paraded about for our amusement, that they’re being made a little too colourful just so we can sit back in our multiplexes and laugh at them.
Jul 2015
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ABCD - Any Body Can Dance - 2
How you respond to ABCD 2 will probably depend on how much you follow dance-reality shows on television, how much you like hip hop moves, and, most important, if you’re still at an age where you squeal when people you like show up on screen.
Jun 2015
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Jun 2015
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Dil Dhadakne Do
All those carefully calibrated line readings. You may wonder if, after filling out the soapy plot with Reema Kagti, Akhtar experienced some kind of soap-opera twist herself, amnesia or something. What else could explain the disconnect between the material and the movie?
Jun 2015
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Tanu Weds Manu Returns
A romance that struggles to measure up to its heroine’s performance.
May 2015
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May 2015
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Gabbar Is Back
The title Gabbar Is Back merely indicates the return of the bogeyman, not the return of the glorious masala cinema of his era.
May 2015
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May 2015
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Dharam Sankat Mein
To succeed with all this within the framework of a broad-strokes, Censor Board-friendly comedy isn’t easy. At times, you may feel a more appropriate title would have been Fuwad Khan Sankat Mein.
Apr 2015
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Apr 2015
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Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
A sluggish pace. This wouldn’t be a problem if the characters were well-drawn, interesting, or if the plot was gripping. But no and no.
Apr 2015
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NH10
...isn’t quite a disaster, but it’s a confused film, one that makes the mistake of having too much on its plate.
Mar 2015
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Coffee Bloom
After a gentle two-thirds or so, the plot picks up and the film becomes hurried and less satisfying.
Mar 2015
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Mar 2015
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Ab Tak Chhappan 2
...the decision to add another chapter to Shimit Amin’s 2004 film (this one is directed by Aejaz Gulab) is a curious one. It was neither a blockbuster, not a cult film – so why bother?
Feb 2015
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Badlapur
...goes beyond genre and simple homage. It isn’t slick. It has a verité feel.
Feb 2015