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Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
The many characters, families and relationships, their quirks and quarrels feel relatable, played as they are by an ensemble of actors who seem to be born to their roles.
Sep 2017
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Shreelancer
All of it gets protracted, hallucinatory and pointless, the viewer’s connect with the growth, change and self-realisation in the character remain distant.
Aug 2017
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Shortcut Romeo
In an effort to make it look cool, it is not just the performances, even the cinematography and action look put on and jerky.
Jun 2013
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Shorgul
...brave, politically potent references can hardly substitute for good characterisation and some decent writing.
Jul 2016
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Shootout At Wadala
...is pulpy, kitschy, Bollywood masala that makes no bones about its intentions: To titillate.
May 2013
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Shivaay
...the film turns out almost three hours long despite just a wisp of a story to tell.
Oct 2016
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Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi
...if you are willing to discount all that extra footage, you might actually end up rooting for Shirin, Farhad and their cutesy love story.
Aug 2012
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Shimla Mirchi
...with its over-the-top narrative clichés, would still be counted among the most avoidable films, even if it were to release in the 90s.
Jan 2020
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Shikara
Containing the narrative to a ‘human and personal’ experience, the filmmaker buries politics under the garb of ‘love and hope’
Feb 2020
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Shanghai
With not a single dull moment and every department in fine form, this is tour de force filmmaking. Simply one of the best and bravest films you will see this year.
Jun 2012
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Feb 2015
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Shab
The filmmaker embellishes Shab with generous dollops of mainstream Bollywood grammar, while you keep wishing he breaks free and implements a restrained approach, like with his earlier works. But what you end up with instead is a farrago of unrealised ideas, where no particular story shines through.
Jul 2017
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Oct 2015
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Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana
Rajkummar Rao is earnest and tries to give his best to a film that doesn’t deserve it.
Nov 2017
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Mar 2014
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Setters
Chaudhary gets the milieu, lingo and the social nuances and hierarchies right and has a fabulous ensemble of actors, some in smaller roles, but the film doesn’t hit a high note.
May 2019
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Section 375
The film not only provides validation to all those dismissing sexual harassment cases as having ulterior motives but also does great disservice to women, who have only recently had the courage to risk social stigma and share their stories with the world.
Sep 2019
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Satyameva Jayate
Director Milap Zaveri dishes out the same old vigilante justice cinema that we grew up watching in the 80s with a special doff of the hat to the classic Deewar (1975). But his added tadkas can’t hide the essential staleness of the concoction.
Aug 2018
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Satyagraha
Despite the terribly staged chaos in the climax, Satyagraha is a film to watch not because it is relevant but also because it is a responsible review. Of passion. Of paths we choose. And the politics around.
Sep 2013
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Sarkar 3
It’s not just the predictability of RGV’s turgid formula that irks but the obviousness of one’s own response and the sheer weariness involved in describing the experience.
May 2017
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Sarbjit
...the director doesn’t seem to know how to calibrate emotions well. He goes overboard with melodrama, is so overtly manipulative that it leaves the various portrayals seem like cardboard cut-outs than throbbing with real life.
May 2016
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Sanju
Ultimately, the film is not as much about the flaws in the hero as about him being wronged by the media which is yet a convenient villain.
Jun 2018
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Sanam Teri Kasam
Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru spin a modern, urban fairytale, albeit a gloomy, miserable one, which, in the name of being a woman-centric film, has one of the most feeble, helpless heroines seen in recent Hindi cinema...
Feb 2016
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Samrat & Co.
The plot is so convoluted for the sake of mystery that the makers themselves lose count of who did what and why after a while.
Apr 2014
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Samrat & Co.
The much desired subversion gets far-fetched and messy than pointed and plausible. That’s where the film loses a grip on itself and its larger relevance.
Sep 2017
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Saina
To be fair to Amole Gupte, the problem partly lies in how reductive the blueprint for a sports drama has been made by filmmakers, who seem to succumb to the temptations of the trappings that come with the genre.
Mar 2021
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Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns
Right from the title Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns, you can see the shameless effort to milk a cash cow with blatant disregard to whether it makes sense or not!
Mar 2013
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Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster 3
The film is a thriller crafted as a drama, which dilutes its pace and rhythm. Whatever little momentum the thriller aspect of this film creates, is washed out by the lacklustre drama that constantly interjects the narrative.
Jul 2018
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Saat Uchhakkey
...would have worked better had it been shorter, sharper with a strong story to tell. If only this film and its maker knew when and where to stop.
Oct 2016