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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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Bol Bachchan
If you lower your taste several notches, you might find this slapstick film funny.
Jul 2012
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Lootera
The film is painfully slow, but Motwane still makes a fine cinematic experience of it.
Jul 2013
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Ghayal Once Again
This movie is set in the Mumbai of today, but has an attitude that is frozen in time.
Feb 2016
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Kaalakaandi
The film is funny in specific contexts, but, overall, the interlinked stories pass no real comment on the quality of life in this heterogenous metropolis. The movie drifts along nicely, until you get a little tired, and wish that it all leads to a quick and rousing conclusion.
Jan 2018
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De De Pyaar De
...does have a few funny moments, but its lens is locked at the fixed perspective of the entertainment that can be milked from the classic older man syndrome. In truth it is a movie without a modicum of the intelligence and sensitivity required to treat the subject seriously, and so, maybe, it is a good thing that it didn’t.
May 2019
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Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
This is an amusing film, in parts, but it is not, by any stretch of imagination, a ground breaking work on Gay love.
Feb 2020
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Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
Finally, you leave the theatre without any imprint of the film in your mind. If it is a love story, who, exactly, was in love with whom?
Sep 2011
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Aiyyaa
Writer-director Sachin Kundalkar has no clue how to tie up the ends of the mad film he’s made.
Oct 2012
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Sep 2014
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Mohenjo Daro
...the telling of the film is slow, long winded, pointless, and extraordinarily boring.
Aug 2016
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2.0
This movie gives you a run for your money, but eventually falls short in holding on to its narrative; which, when it started, promised a lot more bang for your buck.
Dec 2018
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Kahaani
The film is gripping enough for you to not realise its plot holes until the credits roll.
Mar 2012
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Gunday
A movie that is rather too loud but still watchable—mostly for Priyanka Chopra’s sizzler of a turn.
Feb 2014
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Baby
In spite of some well executed sequences, this thriller fails to rise above received ideas on Islam.
Jan 2015
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Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2
Made to pander to a select audience of dunces, this film is an embarrassing watch.
Oct 2015
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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.
Oct 2016
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Cocktail
A smart romcom with three beautiful people gets all confused once it drags Indian values in.
Jul 2012
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Kochadaiiyaan
Rajinikanth does not come to life and the interweaving narrative is difficult to peg, leaving one in limbo.
May 2014
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Fitoor
Even with beautiful dialogues and a striking visual language, this film is a missed opportunity.
Feb 2016
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Mukkabaaz
It is not the acting, the content, or the ideology that is wrong with this movie. What jars is the choice of a hackneyed and overused cinematic style that divides characters and conflicts into simplistic demarcations of black and white.
Jan 2018
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Do Dooni Chaar
Niether is Do Dooni Chaar original, nor can it boast of engaging treatment, but for ambience, casting and performance, it is 'numero uno'.
Oct 2010
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Rivaaz
...is deeply flawed in terms of ambience and production values. It is not a good-looking film. Yet, it has a curious content...
Sep 2011
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Chakravyuh
A clumsy account of one of the most knotty socio-political issues confronting India today.
Nov 2012