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Akira
... the writing — by Murugadoss and Santha Kumar — isn’t good enough to give us a memorable heroine.
Sep 2016
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Ajji
In some scenes, it feels like the director is almost reveling in your discomfort. The bleakness snuffs out the humanity of these characters. The ugliness is so unrelenting that you begin to ask, why am I subjecting myself to this.
Nov 2017
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Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
...is engaging enough, as we say in Mumbai, time-pass. Go for it.7
Nov 2009
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Aiyyaa
...parts of Aiyyaa have energy and passion. But it is drowned by the insistence on being wakda - crooked. Clearly wackiness can't carry a film.
Oct 2012
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Feb 2018
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Agent Vinod
...never becomes more than the sum of its parts and even though it picks up speed in the second half, it leaves you both exhausted and unsatisfied.
Mar 2012
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Action Jackson
The first half of the film is disconnected sequences of action, comedy and romance randomly strung together. And when the plot finally kicks in, it is so fantastically ridiculous that you have to ask — what have we — enthusiastic, loyal, passionate lovers of Hindi cinema — done to deserve this?
Dec 2014
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Feb 2013
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Aao Wish Karein
All I asked for was a passably decent film but Aao Wish Karein couldn't even manage that. Steer Clear.
Nov 2009
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Aakrosh
...has moments of power but most of these are copied, some even down to the dialogue.
Oct 2010
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A Gentleman
...despite the clunky plotting, A Gentleman never becomes a crashing bore. Credit must go to Sidharth Malhotra, who is in almost every frame.
Aug 2017
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3 Storeys
This isn’t a film that lacks ambition but it never becomes one that is essential.
Mar 2018
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2.0
Shankar’s cinema uniquely combines scale with social message. Just in case you’ve missed the point of this film, at the end, Dr. Vaseegaran spells it out again. Like everything else in 2.0, it’s a tiring overdose.
Nov 2018
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Apr 2014
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102 Not Out
Despite the flaws, the emotions connect. And if like me, you are of a certain vintage, you will get a nostalgic head-rush when you see Rishi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan in the same frame.
May 2018