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

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Ajit Duara

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Number of reviews
287
Average rating
40

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  • Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota

    This movie starts off with an interesting script idea and then jumps into the deep end of the dead pool. Were the film stylistically made, it might have worked, but it is so poorly mounted and shot, ‘B’ grade vibes are given off by the end of it.

    39

    Mar 2019
  • Manmarziyaan

    With ‘Mukkabaaz’ last year, and with ‘Manmarziyaan’ today, he (Kashyap) looks more and more like a mainstream film maker with a fine command of film technique, whose unique and original perspective has been merged, unobtrusively, into an amorphous entity called pop cinema.

    39

    Sep 2018
  • Manikarnika

    The mounting of the film, particularly the battle sequences, is impressive, even though it suffers from some overuse and a little exaggeration. All the actors in the huge cast are competent, but none of the characters they play are textured in the slightest degree, including, of course, Rani Lakshmibai.

    39

    Jan 2019
  • Malang

    ...there is very little of plot or character that you remember. Recollected in tranquility, the movie passes by in a blur of police sirens, killings, snorting, and skimpily dressed people partying like there is no tomorrow.

    39

    Feb 2020
  • Madaari

    ...s a very predictable film, but is held together by some very touching moments brought about by Irrfan’s ability to establish a rapport with his co-actors...

    39

    Jul 2016
  • M.S. Dhoni

    The Achilles heel of this film, a sporting injury and a Greek myth of a tragic flaw that makes a hero mortal, is, ironically, the refusal to see MS as a man, once he has been turned into a God.

    39

    Oct 2016
  • Love Aaj Kal

    What is confounding is that the refined film technique we have seen and liked in his oeuvre, goes missing here. This movie looks and sounds like a bad student film.

    19

    Feb 2020
  • Lafangey Parindey

    The problem is that the urban ambience and the chatter in Lafangey Parindey doesn’t quite work because director Pradeep Sarkar appears unfamiliar with the dialect he is working with.

    39

    Aug 2010
  • Karwaan

    By the end of the film, you have enjoyed the scenery, laughed at Irrfan and his PJs, and ask the question on the tip of your tongue - what on earth were the makers of this movie smoking?

    39

    Aug 2018
  • 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.

    39

    Apr 2019