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Kaanchi
It’s always sad to watch the decline of a once successful artiste. Sadder still to write this review. There is just one word to describe Kaanchi: boring.
Apr 2014
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Revolver Rani
...has many wonderful moments and ideas, but as a whole it’s neither satirical enough nor farcical enough nor intense enough nor thrilling enough to be what it seems to want to be.
Apr 2014
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2 States
With all its flaws, it touches the heart and had me rooting for Ananya and Krish to end up together. When that happens in a film, you know it’s worked.
Apr 2014
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Dekh Tamasha Dekh
This is a film that should be compulsory viewing in social science classes across the country.
Apr 2014
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Bhoothnath Returns
...until it gets confused about what it wants to be – feature film or docu, children’s film or adult fare, light-hearted entertainer with a message or dead serious – Bhoothnath Returns is a lot of fun.
Apr 2014
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Main Tera Hero
It’s nowhere close to Dhawan’s best, but it’s got enough paisa vasool elements to remind us of how ridiculously brilliant the man was when he peaked with Govinda in the 1990s.
Apr 2014
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Apr 2014
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Mar 2014
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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
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Ragini MMS - 2
...could have been better but as things stand, given the space it inhabits and the promises it makes, I enjoyed more about it than I did not.
Mar 2014
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Queen
In a sense, it’s a sign that Bollywood too is coming of age. Queen is a royal triumph.
Mar 2014
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Highway
...with all this going for it plus an unpredictable ending, Highway cannot escape from the burden of its sketchy, incomplete feel.
Feb 2014
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Gunday
This is not an unwatchable film. It’s simply unremarkable, inconsistent and unoriginal.
Feb 2014
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One By Two
I've no doubt there are many great existential profundities that writer-director Devika Bhagat believes she’s addressing with this film. As the teenagers I know would say: it’s deep. Very deep, indeed. So deep that I drowned in a sea of boredom and just managed to escape.
Jan 2014
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Jan 2014
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Dedh Ishqiya
Nothing in this film is what it seems. Not even the genre. It’s a thriller, yet it stubbornly refuses to be frenetic, revealing its cards one step at a time, at its very own pace, as if teasing the viewer or cajoling us to forget that there might be another twist coming up.
Jan 2014
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Mr Joe B. Carvalho
Slapstick jokes need not be logical, but they must be built around a slightly coherent storyline; and the humour must sustain itself. This film does neither.
Jan 2014
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What The Fish
Unremarkable but not entirely avoidable, that’s how I’d describe this film which needed an unrelenting pace, deliberately over-the-top acting, sturdier characters and less minutes of running time to rev it up.
Dec 2013
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R... Rajkumar
It fizzles out though as the film becomes gradually indistinguishable from Rowdy Rathore, Khiladi 786, Boss and others that have emerged from the factory.
Dec 2013
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Satya 2
What turned Ramu from a pioneer into the creator of the most lacklustre sequel-to-a-classic in the history of sequels-to-classics?
Nov 2013
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Krrish 3
...with all its blemishes, Krrish 3 still has a lot to offer: a loveable, beautiful-looking superhero, an intriguing female antagonist, hugely entertaining action sequences...
Nov 2013
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Mickey Virus
...takes just too long to establish its setting and settle down before the action takes off in the second half, by which time it’s a tad bit late.
Oct 2013
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Shahid
...director Hansal Mehta has resisted the temptation to make a high-decibel potboiler, delivering instead a disconcertingly real and highly effective film.
Oct 2013
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Boss
Too many recent solo-hero action-comedy flicks have suffered from this problem. They’ve even begun to resemble each other. Where does Rowdy Rathore end and Khiladi 786 begin? Where does Dabangg end and Ready begin?
Oct 2013
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Besharam
...a mixed bag of goods. It is very funny at the start but after a while the laughs come only in spurts.
Oct 2013
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Sep 2013