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Sep 2014
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Margarita With A Straw
This film is guaranteed to make you cry. But it will also fill you with hope. These amazing women will make you want to inhale life with a new ferociousness.
Apr 2015
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Mardaani 2
Ladaai ab bhi baki haai we were told in Mardaani. I hope Shivani will return for round 3. Let’s just find her a more layered script.
Dec 2019
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Aug 2014
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Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
...is a fanboy’s ode to the movies. Writer and director Vasan Bala goes back to his childhood and summons up the films he grew up loving – from Hong Kong martial arts movies to Manmohan Desai.
Mar 2019
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Manmarziyaan
Like love, this film is messy and flawed and glorious. You have to sign up for all of it.
Sep 2018
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Manjhi
Nawaz’s performance is powerful enough to help us navigate the clumsiness of the screenplay by Mehta and Mahendra Jakhar.
Aug 2015
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Manikarnika
...Kangana has said that 70 percent of it is her work. If yes, then she is an effective storyteller but the actor in her undermines the director. Because the actor becomes larger than the narrative. But despite these flaws, Manikarnika reveals Kangana as an artist with boundless ambition and I’m excited to see what she creates next.
Jan 2019
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Main Tera Hero
...is dumbed down by design. I have no issues with that. My problem is that the frenzied plot didn’t deliver enough funny lines.
Apr 2014
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Madaari
...is a testament to the talent of Irrfan – the Khan has been dropped. This predictable, inconsistent and implausible story would have collapsed completely with a lesser actor.
Jul 2016
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M.S. Dhoni
Neeraj Pandey’s telling of Dhoni’s life is in equal parts, thrilling, moving and utterly exhausting.
Sep 2016
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Nov 2012
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Luv Ka The End
I walked out of the movie depressed. If this is really what the youth wants, we should be afraid, very afraid.
May 2011
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Luka Chuppi
The writing by Rohan Shankar is consistently feeble. Scenes are stretched endlessly and the humour is limp.
Mar 2019
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May 2012
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Love Sonia
The plot feels like it is designed to reflect newspaper headlines and everything gets resolved so easily that it seems implausible. But Sonia’s tortured face will haunt you.
Sep 2018
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Love Sex Aur Dhokha
...the film is a worthy experiment created by one of Bollywood’s most imaginative and original directors. Let me warn you that it is a polarizing film. You’re going to either love it or you’re going to hate it.
Mar 2010
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Love Games
...is a film so awful that within the first 15 minutes, you start to feel embarrassed for the actors on screen.
Apr 2016
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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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Mar 2012
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Lipstick Under My Burkha
...has clumsy spots and contradictions. But there are moments here that you’ve probably never seen in a Hindi film.
Jul 2017
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Lakshmi
Honestly, I can’t wholeheartedly recommend Lakshmi. In places, it’s repulsive and yet, it demands to be seen. So you decide for yourselves.
Mar 2014
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Kurbaan
Clearly Rensil is a talent to watch. He isn’t afraid to take risks but his ambition and good intentions aren’t matched by the sophistication that this project required.
Nov 2009
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Krrish 3
...isn’t a patch on the best superhero films made in Hollywood but it is a step forward for Bollywood.
Nov 2013