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

publication

NDTV

Highest rating for

PK

99

Lowest rating for
Number of reviews
670
Average rating
48

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Rating

  • Baahubali 2: The Conclusion

    ...Rajamouli is an exceptional storyteller and craftsman. He packs just enough into this magnum opus for it not be dismissed merely as a hollow extravaganza. It is in excess that the strength of Baahubali 2 lies and it makes no bones about it, take it or lump it.

    49

    Apr 2017
  • Noor

    With Noor, for example, I cannot for the life of me figure out why the film's heroine wants to be a journalist.

    39

    Apr 2017
  • Maatr

    Subtleties and nuances are obviously beyond Maatr. It deals solely in broad strokes. No matter how much slack you are willing to cut this film, it will still need some more in order to have its glaring gaps glossed over.

    29

    Apr 2017
  • Begum Jaan

    ...could well have been a film about a fantastic bunch of feisty, disparate women taking on all odds, but alas. We're left only with memories of some melancholy bores.

    19

    Apr 2017
  • Begum Jaan

    Somewhere in the middle of this beautiful, meditative film comes the greatest lesson of all: that a perfect, poetic goodbye doesn't have to wait for the end.

    89

    Apr 2017
  • Mirza Juuliet

    ...is a small, spry, sublimely beguiling essay that bears the weight of its solemn theme without the faintest hint of a stumble. If there is only one film that you want to see this week, this month, this year - or this lifetime - let it be this one.

    89

    Apr 2017
  • Poorna

    ...is a large-hearted film: more a heartfelt portrait of courage than just another routine underdog film. Small gripes shouldn't offset its overall impact. It is considerable.

    59

    Mar 2017
  • Phillauri

    ...Anushka Sharma, who has also produced this film, is one of our most intriguing actresses. She's fine in her part, and often beguilingly pretty, yet the film wastes her. The fundamental problem with Phillauri, I believe, may be one of miscasting.

    29

    Mar 2017
  • Phillauri

    ...is an unconventional Bollywood entertainer that is watchable all the way. It does not rely on star power. It draws its strength instead from an off-kilter screenplay

    59

    Mar 2017
  • Anaarkali Of Aarah

    ..is the kind of film that you want to applaud, especially on account of the concerns that it articulates. But it leaves you deeply dissatisfied. It could have done with much more passion and flair. It is worse than a misfire. It doesn't fire at all despite the magnificently full-blooded pivotal performance from Swara Bhaskar.

    39

    Mar 2017
  • Trapped

    The film is compelling but it could have been more cleverly plotted, though, having said that, I wonder if that would have gotten in the way of how audiences relate to the everyman aspect of the horror.

    69

    Mar 2017
  • Badrinath Ki Dulhania

    ... a pulpy, uneven romantic caper that strives to pass itself off as a mellow tale of patriarchy, love, honour and ambition set in small-town India and couched in doses of humour. Neither the mush nor the air of mirth can pull it out of the trough it digs for itself.

    39

    Mar 2017
  • Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai

    ... is this a film? Not by a long shot. Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai is more an endurance test, a lumbering mess that wanders all over the place both literally and figuratively, hobbling along in no particular direction.

    19

    Mar 2017
  • The Ghazi Attack

    Much water has flown down the Bay of Bengal since the 1971 Indo-Pak war changed the face of the subcontinent, but the PNS Ghazi mystery, at best a 1971 footnote, persists. This film does not do much to increase our desire to dive deeper and learn more about that obscure chapter.

    49

    Feb 2017
  • Jolly LLB 2

    ...does well not to take itself too seriously. It has the feel of a good-natured banter between friends rather than that of an inflated inquest conducted from a pedestal. Scintillating? No. Enjoyable? Absolutely.

    59

    Feb 2017
  • Coffee With D

    ...is like an unfinished unpolished version of what could have been a rollicking run-in into a ruminative session between Indian's biggest fugitive and loudest journalist. If only it had allowed more leg-space to lunge in the lap of the ludicrous.

    39

    Jan 2017
  • Ok Jaanu

    A breezy, feel-good romance with its share of highs, OK Jaanu floats along through some interesting thematic territory without managing to soar to the altitude one expects it to.

    49

    Jan 2017