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102 Not Out
...is hopelessly in love with the old school, and while that is not always a bad thing, it is also written in unimaginative, derivative ways.
May 2018
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2 States
...creates a world where characters don't shout to be heard. They just belong to a world where being proper, politically or otherwise, is not always a pre-condition.
Apr 2014
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2 States
...is loud and sometimes crass in typical Bollywood fashion and, as they say, its fiction. What it is not - is a lie.
Oct 2010
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Mar 2012
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Airlift
...a triumph of the mainstream, a mainstream that gets sidelined in the critics’ circle either with a patronising tone or cynicism.
Jan 2016
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Aiyaary
Almost every Pandey film has had a kinetic energy that never decelerates, but Aiyaary is a different breed. It doesn’t know what it wants to be.
Feb 2018
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Aiyyaa
While it isn’t so much a fresh idea as an idea making a comeback, it could have been well-executed if Meenakshi’s character had been fleshed out to some extent.
Oct 2012
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AK vs AK
That’s the thing about the mockumentary format: unless you really dial it up, the fakeness starts to show.
Dec 2020
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Feb 2016
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Amavas
...the film refurbishes old creeps just for the sake of it, with no added ambition or intent attached...
Feb 2019
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Andhadhun
The trailer had promised intrigue and duplicity, and the film delivers profusely on both fronts.
Oct 2018
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Mar 2020
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Angrezi Medium
...was not a film I walked away from screaming for oxygen. I used to be the guy who unequivocally denounced such films but to my surprise, I actually enjoyed parts of it.
Oct 2010
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Arjun Patiala
...it misses the mark by quite a bit, as Diljit's unassuming demeanour and charming effervescence can only take you so far.
Jul 2019
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Article 15
Cynicism and hope strike a precarious balance in Mulk director Anubhav Sinha’s new film. The procedural drama paints a grim picture of caste-based violence in rural India.
Jun 2019
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Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?
...the screenplay is weak, the basic premise engages to a point, after which you hear yourself echoing Puneet and Munmun’s plea: ‘Atithi tum kab jaoge?’ Because once he leaves you know the film will finally end.
Mar 2010
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Baaghi 2
For a film with a tag line screaming "Rebel for Love", there is very little rebelling. There is very little action too.
Mar 2018
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Baby
What Baby may lack in originality, it makes up for it in authenticity. This Baby is very healthy.
Jan 2015
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Badla
Both Taapsee and Amitabh are in top form, and the oscillating power dynamics between the two makes for an engaging watch.
Mar 2019
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Badlapur
...Varun Dhawan completely draws you into his agony, his anger but when the villain of the film becomes more engrossing than the protagonist, we kind of lose the plot.
Feb 2015
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Badrinath Ki Dulhania
...is not entirely a misfire. It works to a great extent and its ideas and attempts are noble even if the film as a whole is flawed.
Mar 2017
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Bajirao Mastani
Is there a filmmaker in Bollywood more relentless than Sanjay Leela Bhansali? Relentless in his choice of themes, palette, tone and mood.
Dec 2015
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Barfi!
Every once in a while, along comes a movie that urges us to look beyond its trappings. To lose ourselves in the lives of its characters, and the simple, but powerful, emotions that touch their lives.
Sep 2012
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Batla House
All Nikkhil had to do was slow-bleed the suspense, and extend the moral tossup. But Batla House is not that kind of film.
Aug 2019
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Batti Gul Meter Chalu
...though Batti Gul Meter Chalu has a final message that is well intentioned, it is the poor execution (writing, acting, and directing) that lets it down.
Sep 2018
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Befikre
Unfortunately, it is Aditya’s stories that cannot shape shift to fit into post — Dil Chahta Hai, post-Imtiaz Ali, post-Shakun Batra grammar of Bollywood.
Dec 2016
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Begum Jaan
There is nothing even Vidya Balan can do to make things interesting here when that happens. And we never get to know enough about the characters to identify with their sense of loss and longing.
Apr 2017
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Besharam
...is devoid of rhythm, sur or taal. It's shot like an ongoing television sitcom where the actors are clueless about which way the intended laughter would take them.
Oct 2013