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Thugs Of Hindostan
Khan, on the other hand, crackles, pops and sparkles as a swashbuckling scoundrel. The writing of his character and his performance are the only reasons why Thugs of Hindostan does not turn out to be a stylishly produced but disastrously dreary repeat of Acharya’s first film, Tashan.
Nov 2018
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The Sky Is Pink
Without seeming to try too hard, it is funny, believable and heartwrenching all rolled into one.
Oct 2019
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The Power
...is engaging to begin with, but as it rolls along it becomes clear that it falls in the ‘if you’ve seen one, you’ve seen ’em all’ category of underworld dramas.
Jan 2021
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The Lunchbox
...is seemingly simple yet as complex as all human beings are. It’s sad yet throws up humour when you are least expecting it. It’s not larger than life, it’s just as large as life always is. This film is truly sensational.
Sep 2013
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Aug 2016
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The Ghazi Attack
...70% cracking suspense (which is remarkable since we know the outcome from the start), 30% clumsy deshbhakti and mawkishness.
Feb 2017
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The Fakir Of Venice
Everything in the film feels half-hearted. Neither Farhan Akhtar’s charm nor Annu Kapoor’s commitment can save this semi-baked effort. To be fair to it, it is not excruciating or insufferable, it is simply immensely forgettable.
Feb 2019
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The Attacks Of 26/11
...despite being based on what is unarguably one of the world’s most dramatic terror strikes ever, The Attacks of 26/11 is a boring film.
Mar 2013
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Thappad
...is designed to make us uncomfortable about our milieu and compel us to introspect about our own complicity in patriarchy. It also shines a light on patriarchy and gender-based violence across class divides.
Mar 2020
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Tevar
...he (Arjun Kapoor) is yet to develop the charisma that sometimes enables stars to rise above poor writing and incompetent direction.
Jan 2015
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Tere Bin Laden Dead Or Alive
...is not crude or distasteful in the manner of low-brow comedies we have seen emerging from Bollywood in the past. It is just proof – since so many people seem to need proof – that comedy is one of the hardest things to achieve in the arts.
Feb 2016
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Teraa Surroor
...this film is as flat as Farah Karimi’s enviably slim waist, as bland as Maggi Noodles without the Tastemaker and as pointless in its existence as the human appendix.
Mar 2016
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TE3N
...a strong, entertaining whodunit, so lovely in its sadness and so thoroughly engaging in its observations on old age, escapism, persistence, love and revenge.
Jun 2016
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Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Despite its jumbled story and this undercurrent of misogyny, it’s hard to write off the film. Because when the going gets good the dialogues are killers and because of the immaculate acting.
May 2015
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Nov 2015
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Talaash
Have you ever watched a film and felt it had everything going for it, yet something didn’t quite add up? That you weren’t blown away despite liking so many individual elements in it? That’s how I felt as I left the hall after Talaash.
Dec 2012
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Supermen of Malegaon
As we celebrate 100 Years of Indian cinema, there can be no better gift to our film-crazed nation than this superb film.
Jul 2012
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Super 30
...comes across as a project that someone somewhere lost interest in at some point and then it all came apart.
Jul 2019
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Sultan
Despite these flaws and several clichés, Sultan has an emotional core that is hard to resist.
Jul 2016
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Sui Dhaaga
...so rewarding, so amusing, so steeped in tenderness, affection for the characters and positivity that it makes the ride with Mamta, Mauji and their charmingly eccentric family and friends completely worth it.
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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Student Of The Year
Depth … now if only Student of the Year had more of that. No aspect of the film seems fully explored. Nothing in the story feels particularly new.
Oct 2012
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Stree
...is like a blind date that turns out well – a tryst with the unexpected filled with exciting surprises. It is a thought-provoking laughathon-cum-spookathon, and one of the most unusual Bollywood films of the year so far.
Sep 2018
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Feb 2013
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Soorma
...but just when it needed to give us an inside view of Sandeep Singh’s life, it inexplicably decides to become an aloof observer.
Jul 2018
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Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety
It is possible that Ranjan may make a better film some day, once he recovers from his raging hatred towards women and realises that in giving vent to that feeling, he is also repeatedly portraying men as manipulable fools and cowards.
Feb 2018
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Mar 2019
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Oct 2014
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Sixteen
...don’t go looking for a massive epic and what you’ll get is what it is: NOT a nostalgia ride harking back to your own youth, but a realistic slice of urban, upper-crust teenaged life as it is today.
Jul 2013