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Sep 2014
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Creature
...a kind of kindergarten for the seekers of chills and frills that feeds on the appetite of the galleries for shock and sleaze.
Sep 2014
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Finding Fanny
It shows us the shapes unrequited love can take. It is this twitchy feeling that makes this screwball comedy special.
Sep 2014
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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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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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Katiyabaaz
The directors have shown patience with the subjects. They seem to have forgotten the presence of camera around them and the result is electric.
Aug 2014
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Mardaani
Apart from the characterisation what really works for the film is the taut screenplay.
Aug 2014
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Entertainment
After showing traces of wicked humour, it is reduced to nothing more than a rich source of PJs.
Aug 2014
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Hate Story 2
It is a predictable story that pans out in a predictable fashion with the galleries treated to tastefully shot skin show.
Jul 2014
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Amit Sahni Ki List
The soapy treatment makes it worth a wait for the film’s television premiere.
Jul 2014
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Pizza
After a long time, we have a horror film that is not bursting with cheese or sleaze.
Jul 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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Jul 2014
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Jun 2014
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Fugly
In trying to be candid, the language becomes crass. In trying to be funny, the emotions feel manufactured.
Jun 2014
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Machhli Jal Ki Rani Hai
A horror film that unravels like a daily soap, director Debaloy Dey’s attempt at spooking you out goes in vain.
Jun 2014
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Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi
It is entertaining as an episode for a daily soap but Kuku Mathur doesn’t fit the bill of a multiplex ticket.
May 2014
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Citylights
If you have watched the original try it to see how Manila could easily be Mumbai and if you haven’t, go get illuminated about the ground realities beneath your feet.
May 2014
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Apr 2014
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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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Mar 2014
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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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Heartless
A vehicle to relaunch his son, the director spends a lot of raw stock in showcasing his skills. The problem is he is short on content and a large portion of the film is reduced to a show reel of Junior Suman interspersed with songs that are shot like music videos.
Feb 2014
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Miss Lovely
Strictly for those who love to experiment with their cinematic diet with an open mind.
Jan 2014
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Mr Joe B. Carvalho
It is supposed to be a satire; it is supposed to be a theatre of the absurd but unfortunately all that remains an idea on paper. On screen it is relentless torture.
Jan 2014