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Total Dhamaal
...there is enough overacting in the film to make your head split into two. Most of the dialogues are cringeworthy and the CGI effects are pitiful.
Feb 2019
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Gully Boy
...suffers from a slow pace. The film takes its own sweet time to establish the story. And when it does, there is too little to bask in the glory of. The film ends on an abrupt note. It catapults its underdog to the big stage but doesn't let the viewer soak it in. After investing 2 hours and 35 minutes in the film, you feel a little cheated.
Feb 2019
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Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga
It is an important film for the times we live in. It will not be a blockbuster. But it might just make you change the way you look at love. If you choose to let your 'dil' take precedence over your 'dimaag'.
Feb 2019
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Thackeray
...here is nothing in the film that can pass off as cinema. Thackeray works better in election rallies than in theatres.
Jan 2019
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Manikarnika
...despite Kangana's best efforts, Manikarnika fails to bring Rani Laxmibai to life in this exhausting and over-exaggerated drama.
Jan 2019
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Why Cheat India
Give this a miss. Because you feel so cheated after watching this two-hour-long yawn fest, that you cannot stop asking yourself 'Why'. That's a question Emraan Hashmi needs to answer.
Jan 2019
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The Accidental Prime Minister
...is so unsubtle in its disdain for the Nehru-Gandhi family and the Congress, that it could almost pass off as a creation of the social media cell of the ruling party.
Jan 2019
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Uri
Keeping the affiliations of Uri the film aside (which is a task in itself), it is a decent film for most parts. The first half is far more gripping than the second. Post intermission, the makers themselves seem over-excited, to the point of losing control of the narrative.
Jan 2019
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Simmba
No one does masala films like Rohit Shetty. But when he decides to infuse a moral lecture into the mix, that is where a film falters. Simmba suffers from the same curse.
Dec 2018
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Zero
They have to try and make sense AND they have to keep Shah Rukh Khan fans happy. In this tussle, logic is thrown into the Pacific Ocean.
Dec 2018
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Kedarnath
...is a hackneyed love story that just doesn't flow. Though performances by Sushant and Sara are commendable, the film leaves you rather untouched.
Dec 2018
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Pihu
As the minutes tick Kapri's urban horror show becomes familiar. When the focus turns to unseen adult voices, the script's weaknesses are apparent.
Nov 2018
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Thugs Of Hindostan
By the end of Thugs of Hindostan audiences will feel they have been looted of their time and denied the joy of watching two talented stars, Bachchan and Khan, come together for the first time.
Nov 2018
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Namaste England
...begins with the dullest, most unimaginative boy-meets-girl story and it only goes downhill from there.
Oct 2018
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Helicopter Eela
...might have had a clear purpose. But that gets glossed over by a stretched storyline and at times, over-hammy acting. The excessive drama shoots down any comic potential.
Oct 2018
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LoveYatri
...director Abhiraj Minawala takes the as-old-as-time route of a poor boy falling in love with a rich girl, but fails to infuse any life into it.
Oct 2018
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Andhadhun
Raghavan's ability to shock an entire cinema hall including the most immovable, emotionless fan coupled with his ability to make the audience laugh during these moments where your heart is in your mouth defines his unique brand of cinema.
Oct 2018
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Pataakha
Bhardwaj though doesn't delve too deep into making them agents of change, more inclined to return to the shenanigans that provides the laughs. Pataakha further succumbs to taking a clichéd route to create drama and conflict, one more befitting in soap operas.
Sep 2018
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Sui Dhaaga
...gives his viewers a classic story of struggle and persistence. The film culminates in a predictable climax, but that does not diminish the experience of soaking in Sui Dhaaga.
Sep 2018
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Manto
In a time when the past is being manufactured to present an alternate reality, perhaps revisiting Manto's unflinching prose is what we direly need. That's the biggest takeaway from Das's biopic.
Sep 2018
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Sep 2018
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Manmarziyaan
...lets you go with the feeling that you've just seen Dev D from a Paro's point of view. Except, a mediocre version.
Sep 2018
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Love Sonia
...inconsistencies can't take away from Mrunal Thakur's work who essays the character with conviction, capturing its naiveté, guilt and fractured spirit adeptly. If you love Sonia by the end of it, it's because of her.
Sep 2018
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Stree
After regaling audiences with many ideas it's a bit of a letdown to see a film venture on a all-too familiar terrain. Stree tries to give its female ghost an identity that goes beyond revenge, yet by the end she also feels nothing beyond a scream queen.
Aug 2018
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Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se
After two hours and twenty seven minutes one can only hope YPD3 is the finale in Deols series of buffoonery. What's certain is that their enthusiasm and humour is now tiring.
Aug 2018
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Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se
...one can only hope YPD3 is the finale in Deols series of buffoonery. What's certain is that their enthusiasm and humour is now tiring.
Aug 2018
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Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi
...runs on such a flimsy premise that its end destination carries no purpose whatsoever.
Aug 2018
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Gold
...Gold's increasing tendency to take a simplistic and contrived approach to history to create thrill doesn't work.
Aug 2018
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Satyameva Jayate
With the clock ticking past the two hour mark, all the spiel on farz, izzat, imaandari is too familiar. You are left with a realisation: truth hurts but Satyamev Jayate hurts more.
Aug 2018
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Vishwaroop II
Audiences would wish that like her character they too could forget majority of Vishwaroop 2 which is several notches low on entertainment than its average predecessor.
Aug 2018