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Apr 2015
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Kalank
So this is a film with expensive, but ultimately poor, production values. It is a multi-star movie, with actors trapped into delivering theatrical lines that make their personas unrecognisable. This is hugely disappointing.
Apr 2019
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Sep 2010
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I Am Kalam
An appealing film, but the 'Kalam' angle seems a forced search for political significance.
Aug 2011
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OMG Oh My God!
Highly entertaining, this film is a refreshing demolition of India’s never-ending divinity.
Oct 2012
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Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
The two lead actors are lively, but their performances are one dimensional.
Jul 2014
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Sep 2018
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Judgemental Hai Kya
So apart from the occasionally engaging antics of Kangana Ranaut in the lead role, the film ends up with little educative or entertainment value. This movie has a good cast, but ultimately disappoints.
Jul 2019
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Tees Maar Khan
Parody of the medium is legitimate, but when it substitutes for content, you have to ask-is the mind of the maker no more than a blank slate?
Dec 2010
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Inkaar
If only he had good performers, Sudhir Mishra’s formulaic narrative might have worked.
Jan 2013
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Total Dhamaal
...the movie plays to the gallery by placing each set of characters in preposterous and farcical gags. The sheer ludicrousness of the set-ups - involving air, land and water transport - gets a few laughs.
Feb 2019
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Dec 2019
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Bhoothnath Returns
Bachchan and the kid pull off some funny scenes, but then it gets all preachy on us.
Apr 2014
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Ittefaq
In truth, it is not much of a murder mystery, since you can predict the end by estimating the running time of the movie. When conclusive evidence is found to nail one of the suspects, and it seems to be all over bar the conviction, there is still 15 minutes to go.
Nov 2017
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Feb 2020
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Dabangg
Unlike a typical Salman Khan movie, this has got a plot, a well-behaved hero, and even a script.
Sep 2010
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Aarakshan
Since the movie looks to create consent, it deliberately avoids litigious or divisive aspects of the issue.
Aug 2011
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B.A. Pass
So despite a fairly compact 95 minutes, the movie has a sense of incompleteness, with the inner life of the most interesting character ignored.
Aug 2013
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Hate Story 2
A cut-and-dried execution of a good concept renders this film an insipid watch.
Jul 2014
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Aug 2016
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Andhadhun
...a thriller with not a single scary moment. ‘Andhadhun’ is wonderfully mounted, nicely cast and beautifully art directed, but not once do you grip your seat, sit back in horror, or cover your eyes.
Oct 2018
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Jan 2011
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Feb 2013
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Tevar
There isn’t much to take home from this film’s cut-and-dried plot except one man’s performance.
Jan 2015
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Jazbaa
With a paper-thin plot about a kidnapped child, this movie is pretty directionless.
Oct 2015
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Banjo
...is a sincere and well intentioned film that has some watchable sequences, but fails eventually, as the sum of its parts just don't add up.
Sep 2016
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The Body
...must easily rank as the dullest film Emraan Hashmi, otherwise a lively actor, has ever acted in.
Dec 2019
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Dum Maaro Dum
...is chipped china, but in the context of recent Hindi movies, at least you are drinking from crockery.
Apr 2011
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Bol Bachchan
If you lower your taste several notches, you might find this slapstick film funny.
Jul 2012