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Masaan
There can be no greater measure of the effectiveness of a film than that the dreams of its characters become ours, their heartbreaks become our heartbreaks, their joys our very own. That is the kind of film sweet little Masaan is.
Jul 2015
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Mary Kom
Despite some major grouses with the film, I’ve come away from the theatre admiring Mary Kom and being a little in love with Onler. Mission accomplished, Omung Kumar.
Sep 2014
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Dec 2019
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Mardaani
...strikes that delicate and hard-to-achieve balance between realism and entertainment. Very very nice, Mr Sarkar.
Aug 2014
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Mantra
If the film does not come together as a whole, it is for clearly identifiable reasons: first, the cast is a mixed bag; second, the English dialogues do not sit well on several of them; third, the equation between the five Kapoors is not fully established...
Mar 2017
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Mantostaan
Manto’s writings are as relevant to our troubled times as they were when he lived. Their enduring meaning and beauty are completely lost though in this poor production.
May 2017
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Manto
...Das makes her Manto a stirring, sensitive portrait of a tortured genius from an era seemingly long past yet tragically mirroring our troubled present.
Sep 2018
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Sep 2018
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Manikarnika
Rani Lakshmibai was a great woman. She deserves better than a poorly written film that chooses to use her for its own self-serving ends.
Feb 2019
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Malaal
...an inexorably dull retelling of the clichéd conviction so many people hold in real life: that a good woman can reform even the worst of men.
Jul 2019
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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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Madras Cafe
...pulsates with life, a realistic feel and a sense of danger at every turn.
Aug 2013
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Made In China
...fails to hit the bull's eye because it sorely needed an evening out of pace and tone, depth of characterisation and detailing in the plotline.
Oct 2019
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Madaari
This Khan makes Madaari a film worth watching. And his presence in contemporary cinema, makes this world a better place to live in.
Jul 2016
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M.S. Dhoni
If Neeraj Pandey needed to be this careful, perhaps he should have manufactured a bottle of antiseptic instead of making a film.
Sep 2016
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Feb 2020
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Jul 2013
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Lipstick Under My Burkha
It is unrelenting in its social commentary, unapologetic about the mirror it holds up to Indian patriarchy, and reminds men that women – even those old enough to be their mothers – have sexual desires.
Jul 2017
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Laila Majnu
Dear Sajid and Imtiaz, from the space in your minds where that came from, why could you not have thought up a more credible, imaginative adaptation of Laila Majnu? Why?
Sep 2018
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Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum
With all its crudeness, I could still have enjoyed Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum if it had been funny. But here’s the only funny part of this story … it’s not.
Jul 2012
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Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3
As with politicians and the media, so it is with cinema – I guess we get the films we deserve. What next? Kya Super Stupid Hain Hum?
Jan 2016
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Kuldip Patwal
As exasperating as its ideology is the narrative style, which jumps from flashback to flashback to – sigh – yet another flashback, for no particular reason other than that someone probably considered this a smart thing to do.
Feb 2018
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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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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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Kill Dil
If Shaad had summoned up half as much passion for this project as Ranveer and Parineeti expend on it, Kill/Dil would not have felt like the listless, criminal waste of amazing resources that it is.
Nov 2014
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Jul 2014
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Apr 2016
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Sep 2014
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Khiladi 786
I don’t mind mindless comedies. My issue is that this one is predictable and flat and just occasionally amusing.
Dec 2012