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Zubaan
The whole film emerges, sadly, like one of those ads where you can half-hum the song but you forget what it was for.
Mar 2016
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Zubaan
...a lackluster script and an overdose of cliched situations turn this film into one more 'preachy affair'.
Apr 2011
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Zindagi 50-50
...makes a brave but half-hearted effort to depict the dark cruelty that surrounds ordinary lives of three women. It fails miserably as sleaze -- of language as well as skin -- overtakes the proceedings.
May 2013
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Feb 2013
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Zid
It appears lost when it should be deftly guiding the audience towards the big revelation in the end, awkward where it should be enticing and a hatchet job in general that flounders at an exasperating rate.
Nov 2014
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Zero
Swapping its marvellous idiosyncrasies for misplaced ideals, two exhilarating hours are followed by forty indulgent minutes. The upshot is a well-aimed mess that never quite lands.
Dec 2018
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Zed Plus
...may not be perfect but it doesn’t insult your intelligence like most Friday fare.
Nov 2014
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Zanjeer
Ram Charan makes his Hindi film debut with this Bachchan remake, and my heart goes out to his fans who will have to sit through this tediously trashy film.
Sep 2013
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Youngistaan
...makes claims like Modi, implements policies like Rahul and has a persistent cough like Kejriwal, and I certainly wouldn’t vote for it.
Mar 2014
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Youngistaan
The idea is to project mess and chaos. Indeed surplus characters and subplots often make YSZ an overwhelming experience to endure. But if you are up for the challenge to explore Delhi's shifty facet, it's rewarding too.
Feb 2011
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Yeh Saali Aashiqui
...I have to give it to Yeh Saali Aashiqui for showing such raging ambition and commitment to go bonkers all the way.
Nov 2019
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Yeh Hai Bakrapur
Despite all of this and some praiseworthy performances by the entire cast -- Yeh Hai Bakrapur fails to live up to its early promise due to lacklustre direction.
May 2014
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Yeh Hai Bakrapur
At times, you have no idea why you are even sitting there and what is it that will salvage Yeh Faasley.
Mar 2011
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Yamla Pagla Deewana 2
Other than its amateurish logic and moronic action, the screen is devoid of any chemistry or vigour in its wit.
Jun 2013
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Yamla Pagla Deewana 2
...the film's second half does rustle up a few scenes of momentum, but this is a nearly three-hour film and we all deserve better. As do the Deols.
Jan 2011
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Yaariyan
...may be targeted at a young audience but every single teenager who chooses to watch it will be insulting their own intelligence.
Jan 2014
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X: Past is Present
A big part of the disappointment of watching X is in knowing that there were real flashes of brilliance in the script that did not materialise on screen.
Nov 2015
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Will You Marry Me?
...follows the oft-trodden path of ingenuous sex comedies but fails.
Mar 2012
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Why Cheat India
A jumbo mess of warped notions and random ambition, Why Cheat India trivialises education and shows sympathy for deceit. Why indeed?
Jan 2019
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Why Cheat India
...this is a film for hardcore Boman Irani and Shyam Benegal fans. The former will not be disappointed. The latter... it is a tougher call.
Mar 2010
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Why Cheat India
The film fails miserably in its intent if the intent were to spoof Bollywood, as it only does that for the sake of punchlines and does not explore it better.
Feb 2018
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Welcome Back
...is dumb yet entertaining, utterly silly but made with a kind of absurd, warm energy.
Sep 2015
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Welcome 2 Karachi
...falls into the same genre of films such as Ta Ra Rum Pum or Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic which are purportedly about kids but it's the same melodramatic mush being dished out in a new wrapper.
Sep 2010
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Wazir
Wazir's problem, then, lies not in the fact that it does what is expected from a thriller; the problem is that it does everything expected -- which makes it a film that surprises little and adds up to nothing of consequence.
Jan 2016