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Gulaab Gang
I walked into Soumik Sen’s Gulaab Gang expecting a fiery feminist drama. I walked out having watched a Tamil/Telugu mass-hero masala movie – only, with women.
Mar 2014
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All Is Well
Oh My God! isn’t just the name of Shukla’s last film. It’s what you keep exclaiming during these couple of hours.
Aug 2015
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Ab Tak Chhappan 2
...the decision to add another chapter to Shimit Amin’s 2004 film (this one is directed by Aejaz Gulab) is a curious one. It was neither a blockbuster, not a cult film – so why bother?
Feb 2015
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Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
Badly plotted, badly staged and badly performed, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan is almost worth watching for the smouldering train-wreck that is Kaif's performance.
Sep 2011
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Rocky Handsome
...if Sanjay Gupta and Sanjay Leela Bhansali had a baby, it’d look like this movie.
Mar 2016
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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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Sep 2013
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Jackpot
What he (the director) doesn’t do is put together something that can make us care. And the acting is awful.
Dec 2013
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Bhoomi
The problem with Bhoomi isn’t the loud, old-fashioned storytelling. It’s that it finds nothing interesting to tell.
Sep 2017
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The Xpose
...despite murder, a catfight, a daring rescue from a computer-generated fire, multiple twist endings, and at least one partially revealed nipple – manages to remain terminally dull.
May 2014
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Jism - 2
Pooja Bhatt has actually managed something remarkable. She has taken a subject with a love triangle, the threat of terrorism, guns, bloodshed, double crosses, spy operations and an adult-film star and rendered it utterly boring.
Aug 2012
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What The Fish
The director, Gurmmeet Singh, rounds up able actors – Deepti Pujari, as a naïf from Saharanpur, is quite good – but they’re let down by a series of sketches that must have sounded good on paper but fall flat on screen.
Dec 2013
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Jun 2015
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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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Junooniyat
An old-fashioned story is one thing, but why not update some of this old-fashioned worldview?
Jul 2016
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Sep 2015
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Apr 2015
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Commando 2
The problem with Commando 2 isn’t that it’s a B-movie. The problem is that it isn’t B-movie enough.
Mar 2017
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Mastizaade
What is more depressing? The fact that the first Kya Kool Hain Hum was made? Or that it has spawned a franchise?
Feb 2016
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Jun 2018