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

Critic reviews and ratings

  • This film easily qualifies to be Salman Khan's BEST movie till date, featuring his career's best performance. The film wins you over completely.

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  • It makes a beautiful, mubarak point - one that's very dabangg too.

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  • For once, being a Salman Khan fan doesn’t matter. Regardless of how you feel about the man, you will fall in love with his performance and his film. It’s the best offering of his career. It’s a solid entertainer and its emotional depth will sweep you off your feet.

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  • ...is the best Salman Khan film in recent years.

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  • An extraordinarily eloquent film that has Salman Khan playing a worthy role instead of burnishing his brand image as an action hero.

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  • ...works for both a Salman fan and a non-fan. The film is essentially make-believe, but you want to believe.

    69

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  • Be ready to want to wolf whistle, even when you have a tear or two stealthily streaming down your cheek. Watch it.

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  • Even if it meanders aimlessly for a while, the story reaches its destination in the end. And I doubt if anyone in the audience will leave the theatre unaffected.

    69

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  • ...a solid content-driven story with three actors who carry it on their shoulders with strong performances and an insightful chemistry with elan, inspite of its pitfalls.

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  • ...an overearnest, oversimplified, preposterously sweet and frequently schlocky film, which shouldn’t work because of how predictable and soppy it is. Yet, because of a finely picked supporting cast, some sharp lines of dialogue and, most crucially, because of its overall heart, it works, and works well.

    69

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  • ...a coherent, emotionally satisfying script; Salman underplaying his supersized image; a heroine with spunk; drama that actually moves you; and tears!

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  • Even in its unmistakably masala tone, it firmly believes the desire for peace is universal and recommends being a hero. Or just human.

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  • Does this simple story bordering on the dumb with a simpleton character work? Strangely, yes. Thanks to Khan’s uncharacteristic convincing performance and intelligent direction by the Ek Tha Tiger director who seemed to have forgotten his craft after his first film, Kabul Express.

    59

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  • ...a sweet story, dusted with sugar, glazed with honey and dipped in saccharin. While the sugar rush can get a little dizzying in the start, it’s a matter of time before you acquire the taste for it.

    59

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  • ...plays on your emotions and tugs at your heart.

    59

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  • I can’t remember the last time I enjoyed a Salman Khan film so much.

    59

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  • A sweet gift from Salman this Eid that loudly underlines the acceptance of others.

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  • ...there is so little of the Salman Khan that his fans have grown to love and worship that in a way, BBis his Swades. Whether his performance deserves analysis and applause is debatable, but the effort to ditch his characteristic cliches is commendable.

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  • Kabir Khan in Bajrangi Bhaijaan has a perfect recipe. He does not manage to bring out the best flavor but this one will still leave most of the viewers with a smile.

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  • ...it's more engaging than such typical Salman Khan blockbusters as Bodyguard and Ready, if only because it has a sliver of a story, and its heart in the right place.

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  • ...has a working heart.

    59

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  • ...is totally dependent on Salman Khan's superstardom and he pulls it off provided you overlook his in-your-face 'bhai' act in some scenes. It's an entertaining film for sure, definitely in the not-to-be-missed category.

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  • Salman Khan will regard Bajrangi Bhaijaan as a career redefining moment, but his limited acting skills show up in every scene.

    49

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  • This film presses many red-hot buttons, even if the treatment is strictly in-the-clouds ‘filmi’. And gives us Shirtless Salman as a dove of peace, speaking for all religions and ‘mulqs’. Believe it, or faint.

    49

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  • ...runs with this wafer-thin premise with such unbridled enthusiasm and vigour that you might be forgiven for wondering if the future of the universe hinged on it.

    49

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  • Whether you’re a sceptic or a fan, it’s almost impossible to withstand Bajrangi Bhaijaan’s calculated emotional assault. But it’s also tough to shake the feeling that you’re being played.

    49

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  • The sentiment carries the film rather than the star, for a change. Yet, film too long to do justice to a theater outing.

    49

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