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B.A. Pass
Critic reviews and ratings
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...fiercely bold and terrifyingly cold.
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...combines the bone-dry quality of a chiselled short story and the stark directness of a minimalist tragedy to deliver a taut, gripping film about the hell that a big city can be behind the bright neon lights and the living room glass cabinets stacked with flashy dolls.
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...will engage you with its smartly written story line and some standout performances.
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Sexually charged drama with ‘real’ punch.
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It's not quite popcorn & cola stuff but if you are forever hungering for cinema of a different taste, check this one out.
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...dark and deeply disturbing.
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Though gripping, you need a strong stomach to absorb this gritty and thought-provoking fare!
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...is one gritty, startling fare which does deserve a watch however could've been better had the filmmaker stuck to his realism instead of taking a Bollywoodish route.
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...a gripping gritty tale of a reticent gigolo and an uninhibited housewife that deserves a watch for the stellar performances and a startling first half.
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Not perfect, but nicely done.
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The film is a crisp attempt at doing something new. Making the most of the so-called neo-noir genre, the film at hand rises above the mundane and tries to stick its neck out into the darker side of life.
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There's almost no positivity in the film. Nothing to cling on to when you're done. This is a rare experience in a Hindi film.
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It’s not as dark and dangerous as you’d expect film noir to be. Still, you might want to check it out for the few grappling moments and the performances.
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...engaging.
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...holds your interest as long as Bahl sticks to Sikka’s darkly twisted story. But each time he diverges — including his choice of the film’s cheesy name (Sikka’s story is titled The Railway Aunty) — the narrative wobbles.
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Starts off rather well, but as the film progresses the treatment gets too ham-fisted.
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This is an uncommon film done in by a hesitation to go the whole nine yards. Still, the atmospherics are terrific, and for that it’s worth a watch.
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Mohan Sikka's short story 'The Railway Aunty', on which the film is based, uses its atmosphere of defeat and rancidness much better. In the film, Bahl creates claustrophobia well, and then loses the story and the characters in it.
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Not too often is women's sexuality or rather her openness about her sexuality explored in Hindi films. For that, BA Pass can be appreciated. But other than that, it is a pretty hollow affair.
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So despite a fairly compact 95 minutes, the movie has a sense of incompleteness, with the inner life of the most interesting character ignored.
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