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Guddu Rangeela
...works in parts. Disjointed fragments of the film stand out instead of the whole story.
Jul 2015
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Babumoshai Bandookbaaz
...feels long and stretched. The rustic landscapes of Uttar Pradesh are captured well. The songs hinder the pace of the film, which any which way is pretty slow for all its activity.
Aug 2017
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Kalank
The Bollywood that we have grown up with, has sold to us these 'unnamed' relationships packaged in goodlooking sets since Silsila. Nothing has changed in these four decades. We still cannot deal with transgression in societal norms and relationships unless looked at from a safe distance. In 2019, our lives are a lot more complex than the simple 'solutions' Bollywood dishes out to us.
Apr 2019
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Hate Story 3
...is one of those films that make you wonder exactly what you want to do after watching it. Laugh, cry, tear your hair out.
Dec 2015
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Baar Baar Dekho
Debutant director Nitya Mehra attempts to make a 'high-concept' love story, only to fall light years short of what the film could have been.
Sep 2016
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Veerappan
...a hotchpotch of important incidents at best. At worst... let's not even go there.
May 2016
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Kabir Singh
Kabir Singh spends 120 minutes of its 154 in showing Kabir either drinking or drunk or snorting cocaine or needling in morphine or fighting with people or, slapping his girlfriend or screaming at her. Or making out. In the remaining 24 minutes, his repentance is done with, and we all go home with a happy ending. If you think it is okay, if you think it is justified because 'movie hai yaar, it's not real life', you are part of the problem. Misogyny is not cool. Neither is Kabir Singh.
Jun 2019
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Ek Paheli Leela
As far as the story is concerned, Ek Paheli Leela gasps and pants, a la its lead heroine, and is unable to do much to the viewer.
Apr 2015
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Oct 2016
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Katti Batti
...even when the filmmakers and the cast and crew try their best to make you believe it is a 'fresh story', Katti Batti gives you a strong sense of been there, seen that.
Sep 2015
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Do Lafzon Ki Kahani
...has nothing much to offer apart from Randeep Hooda and the MMA sequences.
Jun 2016
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Ki & Ka
Balki sets out to demolish stereotypes, but in the process, ends up affirming them even more.
Apr 2016
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Indu Sarkar
We need a lot more films on the Emergency. But not at the cost of content and execution, please.
Aug 2017
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Jab Harry Met Sejal
How, just HOW, can Bollywood and especially Imtiaz Ali keep giving us the same films year after year and hope to get away with it?
Aug 2017
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PM Narendra Modi
Maybe the makers of PM Narendra Modi the film should have taken their own recipe of the perfect tea a little seriously: add just a bit of sugar. Because when you have too much sugar, the tea is inedible.
May 2019
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Radhe
If you're a Salman Khan fan, you probably weren't. So we will end here. If you're not a Salman Khan fan and wouldn't mind two hours of mindless fun, you might give Radhe a try.
May 2021