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Saare Jahaan Se Mehnga
Whoever said "well begun is half done" forgot to add that half done still means another halfway to go, and Saare Jahaan Se Mehnga doesn't manage that journey. This is a sweet film, but it should have been so much more.
Mar 2013
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Saala Khadoos
As with most such films, the final outcome in the ring is not hard to predict here. The journey to that moment though is emotionally engaging and, after a point, nerve-wracking enough to draw cheers of delight.
Feb 2016
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Saaho
A lot of it is very high tech and clearly very expensive. At the end of the day though, what we get is not a film but a little boy showing off his toys to his playmates.
Aug 2019
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Running Shaadi
...loose writing, unforgivably limited social insights, feeble direction and screenplay.
Feb 2017
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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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Rowdy Rathore
...is so hilarious that it almost made me forget everything that angried me in the film!
Jun 2012
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Roohi
...what we get are sporadic bursts of comedy, interspersed with unfunniness, extended passages of nothing much, a spot of ageism, too many extraneous elements...
Mar 2021
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Rocky Handsome
...high on style and visual gratification, but low on substance and passion.
Mar 2016
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Nov 2016
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Ribbon
...is a deceptively simple, remarkable film with a risky concept that has paid off. It is without question one of India’s best of 2017 so far.
Nov 2017
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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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Rangoon
The Bhardwaj who made Maqbool, Omkara and Haider is a man perfectly suited to a film like Rangoon. Sadly, without the writing brilliance of the director’s Shakespeare trilogy, Rangoon gets many things right, but fails to come together as an involving, engaging whole.
Feb 2017
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Ranchi Diaries
To be fair, Ranchi Diaries is not repulsive or puke-worthy or anything of that sort. It is just one of those thingies that makes you want to ask: why did anyone bother to make this? Seriously, why?
Oct 2017
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Raman Raghav 2.0
...is layered, gripping from the word go, unnerving and, in a twisted way, hugely entertaining.
Jun 2016
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Ramaiya Vastavaiya
...if I could sue for the over two hours of my life lost to this film, I would.
Jul 2013
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Raid
This is not the kind of fare you might expect to set your pulses racing, but that is precisely what it achieves in its closing scenes. Raid is not regular Bollywood. What it is though is thoroughly entertaining.
Mar 2018
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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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Raees
The first half of Raees is supremely interesting and filled with promise. Besides, Shah Rukh Khan is a joy to watch in this new, exploratory innings of his career. The second half lets him down though. Style trumping substance is rarely a good thing for a film.
Jan 2017
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May 2021
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Race 3
...is an example of a franchise failing to recognise its own strengths and shooting itself in the foot in the bargain.
Jun 2018
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Race 2
...there’s a bit of mindless fun to be had with Race 2, but for the most part it is such an unimaginative replication of Race 1 that it’s hard not to feel taken for granted as a viewer.
Jan 2013
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Rabba Main Kya Karoon
...is a cliché. To make matters worse, it’s lackadaisically acted, poorly edited, unimaginatively directed and stars two uncharismatic actors in the lead.
Aug 2013
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Raazi
...is an espionage venture with heart and soul tempering its gritty core. Even as it kept me on the edge of my seat for its entire 140 minutes, it broke my heart.
May 2018
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Sep 2012
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Raanjhanaa
...confused, confusing, all over the place and, beyond a point, tiresome and dull.
Jun 2013
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Raag Desh
If you plan to watch it, do not go looking for Border or LOC Kargil. This one is more akin to Sankalp Reddy’s Telugu/Hindi The Ghazi Attack (2017), albeit even more under-played and also less swish on the production front. Raag Desh is a docu-drama, not a high-pitched weepie.
Aug 2017