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Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga
...is a flat romance, with a pedantic perspective on love of any kind.
Feb 2019
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Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga
...is chipped china, but in the context of recent Hindi movies, at least you are drinking from crockery.
Apr 2011
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Dum Laga Ke Haisha
With its female lead as a secret weapon, this film evokes an era long gone.
Mar 2015
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Drishyam
Not a very subtle film even if reasonably entertaining, Drishyam does ask a few questions of the current criminal justice system.
Aug 2015
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Drishyam
The humour in this film is anything but cerebral, but some of the stunts are genuinely funny.
Jul 2011
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Dobaara
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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Dobaara
Unlike a Bhandarkar movie, it has no memorable characters, no social commentary, and sadly, no big laughs either.
Feb 2011
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Dil Dhadakne Do
This film is flat and tiresome, with little beyond the banal fixations of the idle rich.
Jun 2015
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Dhoom 3
A fun multi-star franchise that loses out because of its single-minded focus on one star.
Dec 2013
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Dhoom 3
The city of great texture and matching indifference is poignantly captured by Kiran Rao in a sparkling debut.
Jan 2011
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Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
The casting, the art direction and the cinematography of the film is painstakingly done and evokes admiration. The disastrous pacing, however, lets it down badly.
Apr 2015
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Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
This juvenile movie may well be Aamir Khan's first big mistake as a producer.
Jul 2011
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Dedh Ishqiya
...makes excellent use of an old genre in Hindi cinema. The ‘muslim social’ was dead and buried by the early 90s, but it is suddenly and most entertainingly revived here...
Jan 2014
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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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Dabangg 3
The characteristic style of the franchise disintegrates, until the narrative implodes in a messy trail of unbelievable plot turns and disjunctive scenes.
Dec 2019
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Dabangg 2
A staid affair. There is no real conflict in this film. You half expect the villain to come up and ask Salman for an autograph.
Dec 2012
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Dabangg 2
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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D-Day
An action-packed film that doesn’t give the audience space to jeer at its implausible storyline.
Jul 2013
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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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Citylights
Authentic characters and an honest depiction of Mumbai make this movie an absorbing watch.
Jun 2014
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Chhapaak
...the emotional resonance, moments of poignancy, that you expect from a Meghna Gulzar film, are missing. What is left is an uneven movie.
Jan 2020
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Charlie Kay Chakkar Mein
Why Naseeruddin Shah may well be the messiah of mediocre cinema.
Nov 2015
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Chalk N Duster
A moving film about teachers that could have done without its melodramatic scenes.
Jan 2016
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Chakravyuh
A clumsy account of one of the most knotty socio-political issues confronting India today.
Nov 2012
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Chaalis Chauraasi
The film's plot is completely corny. Surprisingly, though, it works.
Jan 2012
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Calendar Girls
Lazy, simplistic and contrived, this tacky film has nothing even vaguely meaningful to say.
Oct 2015
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Bullett Raja
Despite all this interesting sub-text, the film fails to grip you with its central narrative.
Dec 2013