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Machine
The director duo Abbas-Mustan launch Mustafa (son of Abbas) with this romance cum murder thriller cum demented psychological drama. They try so hard to offer as many hairpin bends as they possibly can add, but the young actors in this race are so callow, their romance is unintentionally hilarious.
Mar 2017
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Mantra
You can see a mile away how things are going to end, and even though you wish the story had given you more, you are forced to shrug and accept the story as it is.
Mar 2017
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Trapped
...is a typical festival film, which has its moments but is tiresome to watch and makes you wonder if it would have been better as a short film.
Mar 2017
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Badrinath Ki Dulhania
This is certainly not Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, but stands in its own place. Happy to entertain.
Mar 2017
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Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
After 170 minutes, when you wonder about the point of it all, there is a funeral and the movie ends.
Mar 2017
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Feb 2017
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Mona Darling
A good start to a horror film, but it slowly falls into cliches and is unable to recover. Bollywood has never made worthy to be slotted as 'Horror' but this one makes an effort.
Feb 2017
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Rangoon
Shakespeare must be sighing in his grave, 'This time Vishal Bhardwaj's story is out of joint indeed!'
Feb 2017
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Running Shaadi
The supporting cast is stellar, the situations and dialogue are funny, but the lead cast is pathetic.
Feb 2017
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The Ghazi Attack
This never ending saga of jingoism mixed with scenes of churning, foamy waters will make you incontinent, not patriotic.
Feb 2017
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Irada
The film rapidly deteriorates when the stars begin to showboat and then goes on to fall down in a pile of shambles.
Feb 2017
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Feb 2017
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Kaabil
This revenge drama is perhaps Hrithik Roshan's best work, but hampered by a deathly slow pace.
Jan 2017
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Raees
It's a welcome turn for Shah Rukh into an action hero and a great platform for the ever cool Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
Jan 2017
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Ok Jaanu
You get so tired of the dialog you wonder why the Tamil version directed by Mani Ratnam was not such a bore to watch. Then you realise that in staying true to the original, there are pauses and silences induced because Dulquer Salman and Nithya Menen have far better screen presence and acting chops than Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapoor.
Jan 2017
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Haraamkhor
This is such fearlessly new storytelling, it takes getting used to. But it's a story that needs to be told.
Jan 2017
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Dangal
It is a wonderful telling of a true story that is poignant and inspiring as well as a reflection of the state of sports in the country.
Dec 2016
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Wajah Tum Ho
...you cringe at the skin show, you shake your head at the stupidity of such films and you come away at the needlessness of such films.
Dec 2016
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Moh Maya Money
The film starts out well and quickly degenerates into a poor cousin of Khosla Ka Ghosla or Oye Lucky Lucky Oye..
Nov 2016
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Dear Zindagi
For two hours you put up with too shiny, too happy people holding hands and you're fed up with the hokey counseling sessions. The last half hour actually touches you but it is too little too late.
Nov 2016
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Force 2
The problem lies not with the paint by numbers thriller where the good guys are chasing the baddie. The problem lies with giving the villain too much screen time.
Nov 2016
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Nov 2016
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Shivaay
Not a shred of originality in this father-daughter copy of 'Taken' plus 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' copy, unless you are fascinated by snow, tattoos, and foreign locales where really bad foreign people live.
Oct 2016
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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
...the film becomes more of a mushkil than a tale of dils. Suffering from a case of 'One-sided love'? Then rest assured, you will be cured of the affliction.
Oct 2016
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Ek Tera Saath
The idea is great, but the execution fails so miserably, that you begin to laugh at the over the top acting by the lead characters...
Oct 2016
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31st October
...when a film attempts to dramatise the events in an amateurish way, the heart-wrenching awfulness of those events is lost. The audience feels no empathy in the fake emotions and the graphic blood and gore fails too.
Oct 2016
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Oct 2016
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Oct 2016
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Saat Uchhakkey
...you know you will run a mile in the opposite direction to small budget film set in gallis in any city North of the Vindhyas about 'quirky' characters trying to make a quick buck.
Oct 2016