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Feb 2018
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Pankh
...is frankly ugly and beyond a point, absolutely tedious. Sanjay and Sudipto want to be edgy and dark but the writing isn’t sophisticated enough to support their ambitions.
Apr 2010
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Rakht Charitra 2
Rakta Charitra 1 had an urgency that kept the narrative moving despite the clumsy voice-over and mind-numbing violence. The sequel has some powerful scenes but lacks cohesion.
Dec 2010
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Tezz
Even if you can get past the foolishness of this premise, Tezz has little to offer.
Apr 2012
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Table No. 21
...director Aditya Datt creates a reality game show-revenge saga that gathers some steam in the last act, but by then it’s too little, too late.
Jan 2013
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Maximum
Can we all agree that Bollywood has squeezed as much cinema as is humanly possible out of Mumbai’s infamous encounter cops, their weasel-faced informers and the police-politician-builder-underworld nexus?
Jun 2012
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One Night Stand
...I can’t really recommend One Night Stand. But I think we need to acknowledge another marker in the evolution of the Hindi film heroine.
May 2016
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Ekk Deewana Tha
Menon struggles to achieve grand emotion but the story is thin and the telling, insipid.
Feb 2012
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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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UnIndian
...has stray moments of warmth and humour, but it’s just not enough. I am interested to see what Mr. Lee does next, though.
Aug 2016
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Race 3
Remo fetishizes the cars, helicopters, looming towers, gilded rooms and bars where these characters hang out but he doesn’t extend the same love to the narrative. Storytelling is sacrificed at the altar of Superstar Salman Khan.
Jun 2018
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Jun 2014
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Bol Bachchan
...mediocre entertainment, which is almost depressing in its repetitiveness. A fitting label would be: The Cinema of Exhaustion.
Jul 2012
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The Shaukeens
The Shaukeens improves substantially in the second half when it becomes more about Akshay and less about the buddies.
Nov 2014
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Zero
...left me stumped and eventually, sad. Because when artists take such ambitious creative risks, you are really rooting for them to succeed.
Dec 2018
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Ujda Chaman
The biggest problem with Ujda Chaman is that the film wants to have it both ways – first make you laugh with cheesy jokes about sex and virginity and then deliver an important social message about why we shouldn’t judge people by their looks.
Nov 2019
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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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Baadshaho
If you are willing to buy into the ridiculous premise, the first half has moments of fun but in the second, Baadshaho becomes like a flat comic book.
Sep 2017
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Tanhaji
...there is no room here for nuance or arcs. Actors play outsized, one-note characters. The Marathas, with a few exceptions, are valiant, noble warriors who sacrifice their lives for their motherland. The Mughals are largely avaricious usurpers who demand ‘jaat’ and ‘jaan’.
Jan 2020
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Brothers
...was obviously made with a great deal of sweat and strain, but there is no getting away from its solemn silliness.
Aug 2015
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Dec 2017
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Super 30
What trips up the film is the high-pitch and the shaky tonality. Vikas and writer Sanjeev Dutta narrate in black and white.
Jul 2019
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Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?
...attempts to impart valuable lessons but the comic sugar-coating just doesn't crackle enough.
Mar 2010