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Jan 2015
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Rang Rasiya
Engaging in parts, the lack of material on the subject and the contemporary relevance of the points it raises makes us ignore the flaws in storytelling.
Nov 2014
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Oct 2015
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Kill Dil
Oscillating between cool and cold, this one will only add to the monthly bill.
Nov 2014
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Aug 2015
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Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya
Won't mind the experience if somebody else is paying for the ticket!
Feb 2012
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Highway
He has not reached the destination but Imtiaz makes a brave attempt to extricate himself from the sanitised Highway of Bollywood.
Feb 2014
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Welcome Back
...package for the audience which loves to switch off brains once the lights get dim in the theatre.
Sep 2015
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Mar 2014
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Guddu Rangeela
...characters and performances that keep us engaged when the writing loses its bite. Not as jolly as Kapoor’s last outing but has enough meat to last a meal.
Jul 2015
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Inkaar
You can’t ignore Inkaar for its sheer topicality and its courage to look a problem in the eye though the director goes into blink mode half way through the film.
Jan 2013
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Jul 2014
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Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain
Kumar’s approach is neutral as he recreates the sensory experience of that ill-fated night. Unlike Carbide he doesn’t devalue death.
Dec 2014
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Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
For a large part it comes across as a pleasant reworking, if not subverting, of the mother of all Hindi romantic comedies.
Jul 2014
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Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon
...comedy is a relatively new territory for Abbas Mustan, the masters of thrillers. They take time but once they connect the effect is suitably rib tickling.
Sep 2015
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Drishyam
Copy it is, but a diminished one for a lot has been lost in translation and one of them is the social connection with the characters, which is the hallmark of the original.
Jul 2015
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Oct 2015
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Gour Hari Dastaan
It is kind of film that quietly cleanses the dust that has collected on our idea of freedom. What we are, what we have become.
Aug 2015
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Cocktail
...once you are done with gushing about the picturesque locales, the hollowness of the subject dawns on you and it is not a good feeling. All the gloss and sauce fail to make us feel for any of the characters because their transitions don’t pass muster.
Jul 2012
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Identity Card
A stinging climax and the sprinkling of history of Kashmir in the end credits do make you sit up and take note but you have to be really generous to reach there.
Aug 2014
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ABCD - Any Body Can Dance - 2
Remo has invested his whole cinematic vocabulary on dance and is left with only ABCD when it comes to the emotional choreography.
Jun 2015
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Raja Natwarlal
Ultimately, con films work if your suspension of disbelief is rewarded at the end. Here one returns with mixed feelings.
Aug 2014
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Apr 2015
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Happy Ending
Falling into the same rut, Govinda is the only thing to smile about here.
Nov 2014
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Nov 2013
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Jal
The director and cinematographer don’t seem to be on the same page. It seems they are selling the same product to two different consumers.
Apr 2014
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Gippi
The way it pans out it reminds us of producer Karan Johar’s 2012 hit Student Of The Year. Only, the bling factor is a little diminished. It raises relevant points but the innocence or the lack of it seems manufactured.
May 2013
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Tevar
...there are loopholes and creative licence is exploited but it is good fun on the run till it enters its final lap. After experimenting with the template, Amit suddenly runs out of ideas and decides to sum it up in conventional fashion.
Jan 2015