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Bhaiaji Superhittt
Such gigs have outlived their shelf life and do little more than humiliate our nostalgia for a shopworn action hero when a movie stinks as badly as Bhaiaji Superhit.
Nov 2018
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Tigers
fails to understand that the phenomenon of a million babies dying because there is not enough clean drinking water in which to mix a certain packaged baby formula may have its source in a system where deprivation runs so deep that even a small gift works like a tonic.
Nov 2018
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Nov 2018
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Mohalla Assi
Philosophy, politics and practicality cross paths in Mohalla Assi's ambitious premise. Except it is directed in such an unwieldy fashion that instead of rich satire, what emerges is a lumbering flab of incoherence and opinion glut.
Nov 2018
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Thugs Of Hindostan
...is 1980s schlock at its most forgettable. Every single gesture, smile and betrayal of this 164-minutes long drag is done-to-death predictable.
Nov 2018
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Lupt
...starts with some scary moments, but ends up like a regular B-grade horror film.
Nov 2018
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Badhaai Ho
...is a well-written, wholesome, entertaining film, simple and unpretentious, that tackles a serious subject comically, without losing out on entertainment or your attention.
Oct 2018
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Tumbbad
For the fantasy in Tumbbad to work, the reality had to seem equally frightening and crazy; but because the realities surrounding the parable are trimmed away before their emotional peaks are hit, the scares never quite reach us.
Oct 2018
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Jalebi
...a yawn fest with unnecessary characters jumping, too much overacting and way too much crying.
Oct 2018
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Helicopter Eela
In the effort to dose Helicopter Eela with humour -- and it's not that a movie on this subject cannot be funny -- the film cuts down on its believability. The loser, as a result is Eela's journey to emancipation. And the audience.
Oct 2018
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LoveYatri
The whole point of this idiotic movie hinges on whether Aayush Sharma who wants to act can act. Unless a singular dazed expression qualifies as talent, not by a long shot.
Oct 2018
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Oct 2018
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Sui Dhaaga
Varun Dhawan and Anushka Sharma portray the world of Sui Dhaaga with a gentleness that turns everything it touches into gold.
Oct 2018
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Pataakha
Fun, colourful, comical are adjectives you rarely use for a Vishal film, but that's exactly what Pataakha is.
Sep 2018
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Ishqeria
Ishqeria was supposed to release in 2014, but somehow, it didn't. It would have been best if Ishqeria hadn't released at all.
Sep 2018
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Manto
If Manto, the film, falls short of being a masterpiece, it's ironically because Nandita Das the filmmaker does not quite crack the Manto code herself: she doesn't quite see her subject with the same wholeness that Manto saw his people. This imperfection in the film, in a way, becomes the greatest tribute to Manto.
Sep 2018
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Love Sonia
When I walked out of Love Sonia this Monday night, I walked out with a hushed audience that seemed too overcome by the raw power of the film to even pause for applause -- and so they made their way to the exit very slowly, very silently.
Sep 2018
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Manmarziyaan
...explores the depths of Anurag Kashyap's versatility. And the indulgence he is often accused of shows up only towards the end to provide answers of what should have ended at a request.
Sep 2018
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Paltan
...Dutta's clownish treatment of history and hard-earned triumph demeans the efforts and sacrifices of real-life martyrs and bravehearts with its pompous ideas of valour, clunky writing and a cadre of lacklustre actors.
Sep 2018
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Gali Guleiyan
Part of the experience and also the frustration of watching Guli Guleiyan is overlooking the heavy sense of importance the movie assigns to itself and acknowledging Dipesh Jain's virtuosic control over film craft and his unique (though not entirely satisfying) artistic sensibility.
Sep 2018
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Stree
Not only are the concerns expressed in Stree (patriarchy, consent, prejudice against women) mere excuses to touch our 'sentimental hotspots', the movie itself is a few tricks cobbled together.
Aug 2018
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Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi
Without novelty or sense, the gag's already on thin ground and relies entirely on the loony camaraderie of its ensemble cast to work, which it does but only sporadically.
Aug 2018
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Gold
It is only when Gold moves away from Akshay Kumar's blundering Bangla and hockey humbug to become a story of grace among go-getters that it comes close to becoming the movie it should have been.
Aug 2018
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Satyameva Jayate
...Satyamev Jayate's predictable twists and superficial emotions have absolutely nothing new to offer.
Aug 2018
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Vishwaroop II
An auteur, who is 'half-made,' is only as good as a politician and Vishwaroop 2, eerily enough, feels like a movie made by a politician -- with one-upmanship, quick fixes, and self-memorialisation aplenty.
Aug 2018