An archive of Hindi movie reviews and ratings from 2010 to 2020.

publication

The Hindu

Highest rating for
Lowest rating for
Number of reviews
524
Average rating
39

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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.

    29

    Aug 2017
  • 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.

    79

    Jun 2012
  • 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.

    39

    Jul 2017
  • 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.

    49

    May 2019
  • 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.

    19

    Sep 2019
  • 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.

    29

    Aug 2018
  • 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.

    59

    Sep 2013
  • 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.

    29

    May 2017
  • 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.

    29

    May 2016
  • 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.

    49

    Jun 2018
  • 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...

    19

    Feb 2016
  • 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.

    19

    Apr 2014
  • 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.

    39

    Sep 2017
  • 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.

    39

    Mar 2021
  • 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.

    29

    Jul 2018