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Nov 2016
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Fitoor
After a point, I didn’t want a movie about Kashmir, I didn’t want a movie about Noor and Firdaus, I just wanted to see Hazrat grow old and batty.
Mar 2016
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Jun 2014
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Ferrari Ki Sawaari
So much of Ferrari Ki Sawaari is so original, so one-of-a-kind, that part of the fun of watching the film is just seeing where it will go next.
Jun 2012
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Apr 2016
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English Vinglish
There is a lot to like in English Vinglish, which is the very definition of a gentle and urbane entertainment, but I couldn’t get past this manufactured premise, which makes all successive events seem manufactured.
Oct 2012
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Sep 2010
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Ek Tha Tiger
The film seems to be made for the young-at-heart – there’s no heat in the romance, no sex, and there’s no bloodlust in the action.
Aug 2012
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Apr 2015
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Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu
Who says a rom-com - even one with big-name stars - cannot be shaped with an invigorating voice and vision?
Feb 2012
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Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga
This very “safeness” is this film’s secret strength. This isn’t Blue is the Warmest Colour. It’s a YashRaj-style romance with two girls. Without discomfiting the mainstream audience, it makes it possible to talk about a “bedroom subject” in the living room.
Feb 2019
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Dum Maaro Dum
This is, in general, a superbly staged film, but it doesn't quite hit its emotional notes consistently. You're there - yet not there.
Apr 2011
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Mar 2015
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Dulha Mil Gaya
The only thing sadder is that these dubious “Indian values” are still being peddled under the guise of wholesome entertainment.
Jan 2010
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Dream Girl
These are one-joke characters, and this is a one-joke movie. Very quickly, a sense of staleness sets in.
Sep 2019
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Don 2
The depressingly underwhelming (and numbingly long) Don 2 is less about Farhan Akhtar's commitment to plot and character than hairstyling and haberdashery.
Dec 2011
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Dolly Ki Doli
...Abhishek Dogra, tries desperately to convince us that it’s a comedy, but the jokes are essentially one-note, the same setup warmed up and served over and over.
Jan 2015
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Jul 2016
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Dishkiyaoon
This is one of those Goodfellas-type stories where a kid announces that he wants to be a gangster. But there’s no edge, no danger.
Apr 2014
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Dilwale
Every decision in Dilwale screams: I have Shah Rukh and Kajol in my film, so why bother?
Jan 2016
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Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji
Romantic material more suited to delicate drama is twisted into a sex-jokey comedy. The results aren't pretty.
Jan 2011
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Dil Dhadakne Do
All those carefully calibrated line readings. You may wonder if, after filling out the soapy plot with Reema Kagti, Akhtar experienced some kind of soap-opera twist herself, amnesia or something. What else could explain the disconnect between the material and the movie?
Jun 2015
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Dhoom 3
The scenarios are dull. The face-offs are flat. The set pieces are flabby, uninspired...
Dec 2013
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Dhobi Ghat
Forget the rangy big points. It’s the sculpted small-moment that marks this elegant elegy to Mumbai.
Jan 2011
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Dharam Sankat Mein
To succeed with all this within the framework of a broad-strokes, Censor Board-friendly comedy isn’t easy. At times, you may feel a more appropriate title would have been Fuwad Khan Sankat Mein.
Apr 2015
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Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
A sluggish pace. This wouldn’t be a problem if the characters were well-drawn, interesting, or if the plot was gripping. But no and no.
Apr 2015
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Department
Ram Gopal Varma leaves the audience behind and launches into increasingly idiosyncratic ways of telling stories.
May 2012