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Halkaa
This one sounds more like an ad advocating the use of toilets stretched to a 114-minutes-long feature and including some of the most blatant product placements ever seen on screen. It means well, but good intentions and a wide-eyed hero are just not enough.
Sep 2018
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Student Of The Year 2
SOTY 1 chose to spend more time on its characters’ bodies, make-up and wardrobes, its soundtrack and dance routines than on its writing, but proved to be entertaining in its own limited fashion. SOTY 2 seems not to even try.
May 2019
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Baaghi 3
You can imagine how uninspiring the script is that despite all this high-adrenaline action, Baaghi 3 lacks fire.
Mar 2020
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Toilet
Unfortunately, that intention and all its positives are completely overshadowed by its cringe-worthy keenness to bow and scrape before the present government and its head, an aspect of the film that lingers as much as its pluses because all the obsequiousness is packed into the latter half.
Aug 2017
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Khandaani Shafakhana
...the best thing about this film is that it deals with a tricky subject without getting icky at any point. That apart, Khandaani Shafakhana is an opportunity lost.
Aug 2019
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Daawat-e-Ishq
...is the most irresponsible film to emerge from mainstream Bollywood this year. No, Habib Faisal, it’s not okay to trivialise issues as serious as dowry
Sep 2014
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Naam Shabana
And next time you wish to make a prequel to a hit, again, please do so because you have a substantial story to tell, not because you want to cash in on a successful brand.
Apr 2017
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Pagalpanti
...is sporadically entertaining, but for the most part it feels stale and ordinary.
Nov 2019
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Zanjeer
The effect of the boring and unimaginative remake is that it made me long for the old film.
Sep 2013
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Nov 2016
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Kaalakaandi
It is hard to believe that a film directed by the writer of Delhi Belly is, for the most part, a drag. Despite Saif Ali Khan being in cracking form, Kaalakaandi lacks fizz and purpose.
Jan 2018
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Yamla Pagla Deewana 2
Boring as hell are the words that come to mind after watching Yamla Pagla Deewana 2...
Jun 2013
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Chauranga
...is so low-key that it comes across as an unfeeling drama even though the screen is, at all times, busy with multiple pressing concerns.
Jan 2016
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Baaghi 2
Tiger Shroff is just one of many passionless ingredients in this passionless film.
Mar 2018
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Begum Jaan
Begum Jaan’s intriguing basic concept deserves a writer who could have expanded on it to better effect. And the lovely Vidya Balan deserves better than this soulless film.
Apr 2017
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Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster 3
The first two Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster films were gratifying action-and-vengeance-packed rides. This one is just okay.
Jul 2018
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Blood Money
This film could have been something I guess, but the production house does not seem to have cared enough to push the team to try.
Mar 2012
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Qarib Qarib Singlle
...is fun in bits and pieces mostly in the first half, but conflicted about what it wants to say and, therefore, tedious beyond a point.
Nov 2017
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Dhadak
...is just plain hollow. Even as a conventional rich-girl-poor-boy romance, it fails miserably, because of the superficially written bond between the lead pair.
Jul 2018
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John Day
Director Ahishor Solomon is clearly well-intentioned and not without talent, but he fails to bring it all together into a compelling, convincing whole.
Sep 2013
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Shaandaar
Team Shaandaar is clearly aiming at a certain quirkiness that it fails to achieve for the most part.
Oct 2015
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Daas Dev
A Devdas-cum-Hamlet story still feels like it is worth a shot, perhaps even another shot by Mishra, but this one fails to live up to its promise despite an excellent central performance and an unusual interpretation of two iconic literary characters.
Apr 2018
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2.0
...the glitz and grandeur become boring after a while in the pre-interval portion as the story takes forever to take off and the SFX are beset by repetitiveness, as though a teenaged boy is trying to impress his school buddies with his brilliance.
Nov 2018
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Kochadaiiyaan
You can’t assume that a film will be effective merely because it crosses a new frontier in technology and stars an acting legend. That, unfortunately, is what debutant director Soundarya Rajinikanth Ashwin has done...
May 2014
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Oct 2014
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Roy
When you neglect your writing and focus on the surface gloss instead, beyond a point the result is pretentiousness, tedium and characters who deliver philosophies to each other rather than conversing naturally.
Feb 2015
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Bombay Velvet
...is a film that’s trying to be American or something like it; a film in which Kashyap, it would appear, is trying to be someone else.
May 2015
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Zero
Whether or not Zero rakes in big bucks at the box office, it is a spluttering, tottering affair.
Dec 2018
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Youngistaan
Despite all this going for it, Youngistaan still ends up feeling flat and dull for three reasons: inconsistent writing, inconsistent direction and a weak lead actor.
Mar 2014