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Zubaan
Many of the tropes of the coming of age saga are intact in the story by Mozez Singh, Thani and Sumit Roy, but the screenplay needed greater work and rounding out.
Mar 2016
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Zero
Khan’s fanbase will possibly be even more perplexed with Zero. By trying to play the man next door rather than a larger-than-life personality, Khan has all too literally let himself be cut to size. The romantic declarations are less effective, the conviction with which Khan has carried off more modest romances is missing, and the package is smaller than before.
Dec 2018
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Nov 2019
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Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se
The forced wackiness is spread thinly over 148 minutes, and the poor production values and all-round laziness indicate that nobody in this production was trying too hard.
Aug 2018
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X: Past is Present
...amateurish and poorly acted attempt at deconstructing romance, heartbreak and the merging of reality with fiction.
Nov 2015
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Why Cheat India
Despite being disjointed and overstretched, the 120-minute movie manages to double up both as an expose of the problems that plague the examination system and a commentary on the failure of a generation to secure the future of the next one.
Jan 2019
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Why Cheat India
Chakri Toleti’s comedy is shallow as the film industry it is meant to spoof.
Feb 2018
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Welcome Back
...spilling over with some good gags, many great lines, and piles of tedium.
Sep 2015
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Welcome 2 Karachi
There is a clear sense of a welcome being outstayed, and yet another instance of comedy creators having so much fun amongst themselves that they forget that they’re at the movies, rather than a jam session.
May 2015
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Wedding Pullav
This latest iteration of the big fat Punjabi wedding movie has nothing new to say or offer.
Oct 2015
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Wedding Anniversary
...is a throwback to the worst of 1970s films, the ones in which characters delivered themselves of soliloquies and metaphysical treatises that were meant to impress audiences but ultimately bored them to tears.
Feb 2017
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Wazir
It’s only a few days into the new year, but a leading contender for the Most Ludicrous Screenplay of 2016 has already emerged.
Jan 2016
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War
The male leads, separated by a couple of generations and united by their ability to land punches and execute pirouettes without breaking a sweat, set the screen on fire. Fortunately for War, there is barely a scene without either of them.
Oct 2019
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Vodka Diaries
The ones who have guessed the direction in which the plot is going will have all the time in the world to ponder over why the talented Menon agreed to be a part of such dross.
Jan 2018
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Vishwaroop II
The thespian in him is missing from a movie littered with ordinary performances. Only Rahul Bose’s hoarse-voiced Omar provides the campiness that could have salvaged the movie from its dire sense of self-importance.
Aug 2018
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Jun 2018
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May 2016
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UnIndian
Although he clear finds pace bowling much easier than dancing, Lee delivers his one-liners with flair.
Aug 2016
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Ujda Chaman
A movie that sets itself up as an anti-romcom, one in which outward appearances don’t matter, makes little effort to explore the inner lives of its characters, particularly its self-centred hero.
Nov 2019
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Udta Punjab
...soars on the back of hard-hitting scenes and superb performances from its cast, but a shorter trip would have given the movie the kick it sorely needed to be counted as the definitive drama on the moral corruption of an entire society.
Jun 2016
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Nov 2017
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Tumbbad
...is the personal exploration of one man’s demons and the inevitability of him living with them forever no matter what he achieves. Rigorously detailed as a period film, Tumbbad has resonance with class structures that exist today.
Oct 2018
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Tubelight
Tubelight does not have as many layers as Bajrangi Bhaijaan, and Laxman is far too passive, lachrymose and one-dimensional to evoke empathy or identification.
Jun 2017
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Tu Hai Mera Sunday
Through its cross-weave of characters and subplots, Tu Hai Mera Sunday suggests that the spirit of Mumbai isn’t a cliché. All it needs is some space to stretch and kick around a ball or two.
Oct 2017
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Tribhanga
Shahane’s chronicle of imperfect mothers and difficult daughters says far more on the subject than is usually seen, but is crimped by its desire to extract sweetness from bitterness.
Jan 2021
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Traffic
...the essence of the original – and the reason it worked with audiences – has been lost.
May 2016
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Total Dhamaal
When you throw so much at the screen, something is bound to stick. The screenplay, by Paritosh Painter, Ved Prakash and Bunty Rathore, has enough visual gags and punchlines to distract from the severely tacky visual effects and overwhelming familiarity of such movies.
Feb 2019