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Hide & Seek
...could have been mildly diverting entertainment but it doesn’t make you scream or shiver.
Mar 2010
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Bewakoofiyaan
...it’s going to take a better script than this to make me summon emotion for out-of-work yuppies.
Mar 2014
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De Dana Dan
And I finally understood why the credits in many Priyadarshan films say filmed by Priyadarshan instead of directed by Priyadarshan. Because there is little sense that someone is actually directing this circus.
Nov 2009
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Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aaata Hai?
...made with crowdfunding and good intentions but it never comes near where it wants to go.
Apr 2019
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Running Shaadi
The leads — Amit Sadh and Taapsee Pannu — try to rescue the flailing script, but there are too many holes to plug.
Feb 2017
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Jabariya Jodi
...is over-plotted – characters keep getting married, kidnapped, nearly married and separated. Folks slap each other, which counts as humor. And the narrative swings wildly like there is no one steering it.
Aug 2019
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Shahrukh Bola Khoobsurat Hai Tu
A film like this required more inventive and flamboyant writing.
Nov 2010
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Hawaizaada
Vibhu has designed Hawaizaada to be an all-purpose vehicle that has romance, comedy and drama . But the writing is flat and the telling, clumsy.
Jan 2015
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Jab Harry Met Sejal
Imtiaz and Shah Rukh coming together should have created a romantic classic. Instead Imtiaz has made his weakest film to date. Jab Harry Met Sejal doesn’t touch your insides. It’s not truthful enough to move you.
Aug 2017
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Apr 2012
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Son Of Sardaar
...is exhausting, painfully loud and way too long, with too few laughs.
Nov 2012
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Mastram
There are so many ideas here about writing, sexual desire, fantasy, hypocrisy, the artist in the market-place, but they remain unexplored. Mastram is an opportunity lost.
May 2014
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Sep 2017
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Love Aaj Kal
...is a confounding film about confused people. Perhaps writer-director Imtiaz Ali was attempting to have the storytelling reflect the emotions of his leads. The result is an unholy mess.
Feb 2020
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Game
There's lot of strutting and style and high-tech sleuthing. But there isn't a story that makes sense.
Apr 2011
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Rocky Handsome
Way too much time and effort is spent showcasing the leading man — John’s body is a no-carb miracle and Kamat fetishises it.
Mar 2016
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Batla House
...make no mistake, Batla House isn’t a Rashomon-like investigation of many truths. The film is firmly on the side of the beleaguered cops and it makes its point with the subtlety of a sledgehammer. Which is why Batla House will satisfy John Abraham fans. Those biceps were not made for nuances. Viewers looking for a more layered exploration of izzat, farz, desh should probably go elsewhere.
Aug 2019
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Mumbai Saga
...slick editing, green-toned filters and the painfully loud sound design (there isn’t a car in this film that doesn’t screech to a halt) are too limited to fill the hole that is the story.
Mar 2021
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Hum Tum Aur Ghost
...muddled script, which veers between rom-com, drama and high emotion, in the most meandering way possible.
Mar 2010
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Panipat
This is writing by committee and it shows on screen – instead of an organic story, we get a fractured, leaden structure that moves from one scene to another with the help of a voice-over and animated maps.
Dec 2019
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Housefull
There is no craft or narrative or characterisation to speak of. Random events and characters, lies and misunderstandings serve to create a low-IQ comedy.
Apr 2010
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Housefull 2
...has exactly the same mix of stars, foreign locations, farcical plot and spectacularly dim-witted comedy as the first Housefull. This is the cinematic equivalent of junk food - when you walk in, you know exactly what you're going to get.
Apr 2012
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Oct 2013
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Heropanti
...is designed to do exactly one thing — make us like Tiger Shroff, and that it does exceedingly well.
May 2014
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Ki & Ka
Somewhere between the endless product placements, the synthetic textures and the half-baked screenplay, Ki & Ka derails.
Apr 2016